Lancaster and Morecambe College is a further education College situated on Torrisholme Road, between Lancaster and Morecambe, Lancashire, England. The college has been providing the local area with access to further and higher education since it was built in the 1950s although it can trace its mission back to Lancaster Mechanics Institute in 1824. Lancaster and Morecambe College is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Torrisholme Park.

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 3,000 feet north of Torrisholme Park.

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 1½ miles east of Torrisholme Park.

Torrisholme Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Morecambe, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.06654° or 54° 3′ 60″ north

Longitude

-2.83429° or 2° 50′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C6V3588+J7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 707395837

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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