Skerton Weir

Skerton Weir is in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Skerton Weir is situated nearby to John O’Gaunt Rowing Club, as well as near the playground Hill Road.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Joseph and Lancaster Castle.

Church of St Joseph

Church

Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Joseph is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Skerton Weir.

Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but it may have been founded in the 11th century on the site of a Roman fort overlooking a crossing of the River Lune. Lancaster Castle is situated 1 mile southwest of Skerton Weir.

Lancaster Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lancaster railway station serves the city of Lancaster, in Lancashire, England. It is one of the principal stations on the West Coast Main Line, located 20 miles 78 chains north of Preston. Lancaster Railway Station is situated 1 mile southwest of Skerton Weir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skerton and Torrisholme.

Skerton

Suburb

Skerton is an area in the north of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, on the other side of the River Lune to the castle. It was formerly a township, but in the late 1800s it was incorporated into Lancaster and the neighbouring townships. Skerton Bridge takes the A6 southwards towards the city centre.

Torrisholme

Suburb

Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Torrisholme is a suburb of Morecambe, Lancashire, on the North West coast of England. In the 2001 census, the Torrisholme Ward had a population of 6,758 living in 3,118 households, decreasing marginally to 6,755 at the 2011 Census. Torrisholme is situated 1½ miles west of Skerton Weir.

Aldcliffe

Village

Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aldcliffe is a hamlet, and former township and civil parish, now in the parish of Aldcliffe-with-Stodday, south-west of Lancaster, in the Lancaster district, in the county of Lancashire, England. Aldcliffe is situated 2 miles southwest of Skerton Weir.

Skerton Weir

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.0625° or 54° 3′ 45″ north

Longitude

-2.7952° or 2° 47′ 43″ west

Operator

United Utilities

Open location code

9C6V3663+XW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12201378486

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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