Venus and Cupid
Venus and Cupid is a work of art in Morecambe, Lancaster, England. Venus and Cupid is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Scalestones Point, as well as near Morecambe Golf Course.- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Also known as: “Love, The Most Beautiful Of Absolute Disasters”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bare Lane railway station and St Christopher’s Church, Bare.
Bare Lane railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bare Lane is a railway station on the Morecambe Branch Line, which runs between Lancaster and Heysham Port. The station, situated 2+1⁄2 miles west of Lancaster, serves the suburb of Bare in Morecambe, Lancashire. Bare Lane railway station is situated 3,600 feet south of Venus and Cupid.
St Christopher’s Church, Bare
Church
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St Christopher's Church is in Marine Road East, Bare, Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. St Christopher’s Church, Bare is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Venus and Cupid.
St Luke’s Church
Church
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Luke's Church is in Manor Lane, Slyne-with-Hest, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. St Luke’s Church is situated 1¼ miles east of Venus and Cupid.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torrisholme and Poulton-le-Sands.
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.
Poulton-le-Sands
Neighborhood
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Poulton-le-Sands is one of three small villages that combined to create Morecambe, Lancashire, England, the other two being Torrisholme and Bare. A local board of health was established in 1852, which, taking its name from Morecambe Bay, became the borough of Morecambe in 1902.
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. Skerton is situated 2 miles southeast of Venus and Cupid.
Venus and Cupid
- Category: tourism
- Location: Morecambe, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.08433° or 54° 5′ 4″ northLongitude
-2.83299° or 2° 49′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C6V35M8+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 254174436OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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