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Storth

Storth is a village near Arnside in Cumbria, England, situated near the border with Lancashire.

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The place

Storth is a village near Arnside in Cumbria, England, situated near the border with Lancashire. It is in the historic county of Westmorland. The village faces the estuary of the River Kent. Although the village is ancient the vast bulk of the homes are from the latter part of the 20th century. There is a village church, and a primary school. The only commercial enterprise in the village is the post office and shop, a locally owned co-operative. Nearby Sandside has some commercial premises and a public house, The Ship Inn.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Storth

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.

  1. 01
    Arnside 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.

    3.7 km · 159 m hill near Arnside, Cumbria, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Arnside Tower

    Arnside Tower is a late-medieval tower house between Arnside and Silverdale immediately to the south of Arnside Knott in Cumbria, England.

    3.8 km · 15th-century tower house · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St 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.

    3.2 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Hawes 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
  5. 05
    Arnside 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.

    3.6 km · railway bridge in Cumbria, England · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bela Viaduct

    Bela Viaduct was a railway bridge straddling the mouth of the River Bela where it flows into the River Kent, in Cumbria, England. The viaduct was part of the Arnside to Hincaster branch.

    2.6 km · railway viaduct in Cumbria, England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Thomas' Church, Milnthorpe

    St Thomas' Church is in the village of Milnthorpe, 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.

    2.7 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St 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.

    800 m · church in Beetham, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Ashton House

    Ashton House is a large country house in Beetham in Cumbria. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    800 m · house in Beetham, South Lakeland, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Dallam Tower

    Dallam Tower is a grade I listed country house in Beetham parish, near Milnthorpe, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association but is not open to the public except for occasional charity events, visits to the garden through the National Garden Scheme, and as a wedding venue.

    2.1 km · Grade I listed English country house in South Lakeland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Storth

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 82 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 97 km · Manchester (MAN), 101 km
Stations
Arnside railway station, 2.9 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Storth
    22 km · quickest by road, 38 min · £3–4
  • Liverpool → Storth
    90 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £10–14
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Storth
    89 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Storth

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 Storth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    214 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    249 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    276 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    360 km
  5. 05
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    360 km

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Around it

Next door to Storth

Storth is 49 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Arnsidevillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK3.2 km
  • Milnthorpetown and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK2.6 km
  • Holmevillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England3.4 km
  • Beethamvillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK700 m
  • Yealand Redmaynevillage in The Yealands, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK3.4 km
  • Arnside and SilverdaleArea of outstanding natural beauty in England3.1 km