Ashton Memorial
The Ashton Memorial is a folly in Williamson Park, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, built between 1907 and 1909 by the millionaire industrialist Lord Ashton in memory of his second wife, Jessy, at a cost of £87,000.Photo: Mark Longair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Grade I listed folly in Lancaster, United Kingdom
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Williamson Park and Christ Church.
Williamson Park
Park
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Williamson Park in Lancaster, England, was constructed by millionaire James Williamson, 1st Baron Ashton, and his father, also called James Williamson.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is in Wyresdale Road, Lancaster, 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. Christ Church is situated 1,400 feet west of Ashton Memorial.
Lancaster Cathedral
Church
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lancaster Cathedral, also known as The Cathedral Church of St Peter and Saint Peter's Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Lancaster Cathedral is situated 2,600 feet west of Ashton Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skerton and Aldcliffe.
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.
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 1½ miles southwest of Ashton Memorial.
Stodday
Hamlet
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stodday is a hamlet in the civil parish of Aldcliffe-with-Stodday, in the Lancaster district, in the county of Lancashire, England. It is just south of the city of Lancaster, near the A588 road and the River Lune. Stodday is situated 2 miles southwest of Ashton Memorial.
Ashton Memorial
- Categories: folly, tower, building, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.04532° or 54° 2′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.7819° or 2° 46′ 55″ westHeight
164 feet (50 metres)Open location code
9C6V26W9+46OpenStreetMap ID
way 470632481OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q4806060
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Tamil—“Ashton Memorial” goes by many names.
- German: “Ashton Memorial”
- Italian: “Ashton Memorial”
- Japanese: “Ashton Memorial”
- Japanese: “アシュトン記念堂”
- Russian: “Мемориал Эштон”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Ashton”
- Tamil: “ஆஷ்டன் நினைவகம்”
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