Arnside
Arnside is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.
Arnside is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is historically part of Westmorland, near the border with Lancashire, England. The Lake District National Park is located a few miles north. Travelling by road, Arnside is 10 miles (16 km) to the south of Kendal, 25.3 miles (40.7 km) to the east of Ulverston, 35.2 miles (56.6 km) to the east of Barrow-in-Furness, 13 miles (21 km) to the north of Lancaster and 14.3 miles (23.0 km) to the east of Grange-over-Sands. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,301, increasing at the 2011 census to 2,334 but falling to 2,233 in the 2021 census.
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Worth seeing in and around Arnside
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Arnside Knott
Arnside Knott is a hill with a summit elevation of 159 metres, near Arnside, Cumbria, England. It is not in the Lake District National Park, lying south of the River Kent which forms the south eastern boundary of the national park.
1 km · 159 m hill near Arnside, Cumbria, England · Wikipedia - 02Arnside Tower
Arnside Tower is a late-medieval tower house between Arnside and Silverdale immediately to the south of Arnside Knott in Cumbria, England.
1.6 km · 15th-century tower house · Wikipedia - 03St James' Church, Arnside
St James' Church is in the village of Arnside, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
300 m · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Castle Head Field Centre
Castle Head is a country house surrounded by 20 acres of grounds near to the seaside resort of Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria, England. It is run by Field Studies Council, and is a Grade II listed building.
3.9 km · grade II listed English country house in Grange-over-Sands, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria , England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Dog Hole Cave
Dog Hole Cave is an archaeologically significant cave near Storth, Cumbria, England.
3 km · cave and archaeological site in Cumbria, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Hazelwood Hall
Hazelwood Hall, sometimes spelt Hazlewood, is a nineteenth-century country house set in 18.5 acres of woodland and gardens in the village of Silverdale, Lancashire, England, 8.5 miles north of Lancaster. The building was converted into holiday flats in 2006.
3.6 km · country house in Silverdale, Lancashire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Hawes Water
Hawes Water, sometimes called Hawes Tarn, is a lake in north west Lancashire, England, in the parish of Silverdale, the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, and the Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve. It is one of only two natural fresh-water lakes in the county, along with Marton Mere.
2.7 km · lake in Silverdale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Arnside Viaduct
Arnside Viaduct is a viaduct carrying the Lancaster to Barrow railway line over the River Kent. Construction started in 1856, finished in 1857 and expanded to a two-track railway in 1863.
800 m · railway bridge in Cumbria, England · Wikipedia - 09Eaves Wood
Eaves Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest within the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape in Lancashire, England. It is located 1 km north of Silverdale.
2.4 km · woodland and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Silverdale, Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 10St Michael's Church, Beetham
St Michael's Church is in the village of Beetham, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmoreland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
3.9 km · church in Beetham, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Arnside
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 85 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 96 km · Manchester (MAN), 101 km
- Stations
- Arnside railway station, 400 m · Silverdale railway station, 3.7 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Arnside95 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £15–20
- Liverpool → Arnside88 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £10–14
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Arnside89 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £10–14
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Arnside
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Arnside. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Arnside – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Arnside
Arnside is 49 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Silverdalevillage and civil parish in Lancashire, England, UK3.6 km
- Beethamvillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK3.8 km
- Storthvillage in Cumbria, England, UK3.2 km
- Arnside and SilverdaleArea of outstanding natural beauty in England3.6 km
- Meathopvillage in Cumbria, England3.1 km
- Carr Bankhamlet in Cumbria, England, UK1.3 km