Christ Church, Carnforth
Carnforth is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in City of Lancaster, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It contains 20 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Until the coming of the railway in the middle of the 19th century the parish contained what was then the village of Carnforth, and was otherwise rural. By the later part of the century it had become an important railway junction, linking the south of England with Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness, and Leeds. There are seven listed buildings associated with the railway and, in addition, a signal box moved from another site. The Lancaster Canal passes through the parish, and two bridges crossing it are listed. The other listed buildings include houses, a farmhouse, a farm building, a public house, a church, and a mile ...
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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 recorded in the 2001 census. The town is situated around 7 miles north of Lancaster, 17 miles south of Kendal, 40 miles east (bisected by Morecambe Bay) of Barrow-in-Furness and 28 miles north-west of Settle. The town is also close to the Cumbria/Lancashire border. Carnforth grew in the 19th century through the presence of the railway and ironworks. Due to the closeness of the coast and the hills, Carnforth is a popular base for walkers and cyclists exploring the area. The River Keer, the West Coast Main Line (WCML), the A6 and the Lancaster Canal pass through the town. The M6 motorway passes just to the east, linked to Carnforth by the A6070 (formerly the A601(M)) which was originally part of the Lancaster bypass before the M6 was exten ...
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