Yealand Redmayne is a village and

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 authority ...

in the

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county of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

Community

The civil parish also includes the hamlet of

Yealand Storrs Yealand Storrs is a hamlet in the English county of Lancashire. Geography Yealand Storrs is north of Lancaster near the border with Cumbria, it is in the civil parish of Yealand Redmayne, in the City of Lancaster district. Gallery File:A_ ...

. The village borders

Yealand Conyers Yealand Conyers is a village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire. It is in the City of Lancaster district. Community The community is in the same electoral district as Yealand Redmayne and Silverdale. The Yealands and Silver ...

and the villages share their facilities. The shared history of the Yealands goes back to at least the Norman invasion and they are recorded in the Doomsday Book as Jalant (this is presumed to include the area that became Silverdale). The local district also has a strong Viking history as seen in many of the names of nearby geographical features and place names as well as the recent discovery of the Silverdale Hoard in the village. Today, Yealand Redmayne is still the biggest village by area but has a smaller population than Silverdale. The village contains a busy transport corridor as the A6 and M6 roads as well as the

West Coast Main Line The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. It is one of the busiest ...

and the

Lancaster Canal The Lancaster Canal is a canal in North West England, originally planned to run from Westhoughton in Lancashire to Kendal in south Cumbria (historically in Westmorland). The section around the crossing of the River Ribble was never completed, a ...

all pass through the parish. There is a miniature railway track near the A6 at Cinderbarrow.

Geography

The village is situated 11 miles north of Lancaster on the county boundary with

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. Cumb ...

Carnforth Carnforth is a market town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay. The parish of Carnforth had a population of 5,560 in the 2011 census, an increase from the 5,350 reco ...

is the nearest town in Lancashire and

Milnthorpe Milnthorpe is a small market town on the southern border of Cumbria, 7 miles south of Kendal, civil parish and electoral ward are in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. Historically in the county of Westmorland and on the A6, the ...

in Cumbria. To the north is

Beetham Beetham is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, situated on the border with Lancashire, north of Carnforth. It is part of the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In the 2001 census the parish had a populatio ...

, to the east is Burton and north east Holme while its western boundary is with Silverdale, with

Arnside Arnside is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, 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 to the south of Kendal, ...

, and the

River Kent The River Kent is a short river in the county of Cumbria in England. It originates in hills surrounding Kentmere, and flows for around 20 miles (32 km) into the north of Morecambe Bay. The upper reaches and the western bank of the estuary ...

to the north west. To the south is

and beyond that is Warton. It is in the

Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Arnside and Silverdale is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England, on the border between Lancashire and Cumbria, adjoining Morecambe Bay. One of the smallest AONBs, it covers 29 square miles (75 km2) between the Kent Estuary, the Ri ...

and contains Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve and Storrs Moss (which comprises part of the

Leighton Moss RSPB reserve Leighton Moss RSPB reserve is a nature reserve in Lancashire, England, which has been in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds since 1964. It is situated at Silverdale near Carnforth, on the edge of Morecambe Bay and in the ...

Gallery

File:Farmland_Near_Yealand_Redmayne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_103773.jpg, Surrounding farm land File:Leighton_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_470408.jpg, Entrance to Leighton Hall File:Miniature_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_101115.jpg, Cinderbarrow Miniature Railway

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Yealand Redmayne Parish Council
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Community

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