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Field Broughton is a village in the South Lakeland district of the English county of
Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. C ...
. The village forms part of the
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of Broughton East.


Location

It is about four miles away from the town of
Grange-over-Sands Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parish located on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England, a few miles south of the Lake District National Park. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,042, increasing at the 2011 ...
.


Transport

For transport there is the
A590 road The A590 is a trunk road in southern Cumbria, in the north-west of England. It runs north-east to south-west from M6 junction 36, through the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness to terminate at Biggar Bank on Walney Island.Grange-over-Sands railway station nearby.


Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the town of
Grange-over-Sands Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parish located on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England, a few miles south of the Lake District National Park. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,042, increasing at the 2011 ...
, the villages of
High Newton High Newton is a village in the South Lakeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. By-pass Formerly, the village was bisected by the A590 road until a bypass of the village and its neighbour Low Newton was completed. It opened on ...
and
Cartmel Cartmel is a village in Cumbria, England, northwest of Grange-over-Sands close to the River Eea. The village takes its name from the Cartmel Peninsula, and was historically known as Kirkby in Cartmel. The village is the location of the 12t ...
and the hamlets of Low Newton and Barber Green. It has a church called St. Peter's Church.


See also

* Listed buildings in Broughton East


References

* http://www.francisfrith.com/field-broughton/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20100925175727/http://www.visitcumbria.com/churches/fieldbroughton.htm Villages in Cumbria South Lakeland District {{Cumbria-geo-stub