Praying Shell Memorial
Praying Shell Memorial is a work of art in Bolton-le-Sands, Lancaster, England. Praying Shell Memorial is situated nearby to the motorhome stopover Freshfields, as well as near Morecambe Lodge Caravan Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and St Luke’s Church.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church, is in the village of Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Holy Trinity Church is situated 4,100 feet east of Praying Shell Memorial.
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 south of Praying Shell Memorial.
Carnforth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carnforth is a railway station on the Bentham and Furness Lines, sited 6 miles north of Lancaster, England; it serves the market town of Carnforth, in Lancashire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Carnforth railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Praying Shell Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carnforth and Torrisholme.
Carnforth
Photo: Jay Son, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carnforth is a small market town in Lancashire in Northwest England. It's best known for its railway station, location for the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter, with the station clock ticking relentlessly to trammel the characters' lives.
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 2½ miles south of Praying Shell Memorial.
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. Poulton-le-Sands is situated 3 miles southwest of Praying Shell Memorial.
Praying Shell Memorial
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Bolton-le-Sands, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.10592° or 54° 6′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.81028° or 2° 48′ 37″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9C6V454Q+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 9846226770OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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