| Coordinates: | 54.3, -3.39 |
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| OS grid ref: | SD 09 90 |
| Dialling code: | 01229 (Barrow-in-Furness) |
Bootle is a small coastal parish in historic Cumberland, now administered within Cumbria’s Borough of Copeland. It looks out over the Irish Sea and lies close to the western fells of the Lake District, giving a mix of dramatic coastal scenery and gentle agricultural lowlands.
Local life is quietly rural, centred on stone-built houses, a parish church and a village hall, and the economy combines farming with a modest tourism trade and links to wider West Cumbrian industry. Visitors are drawn to its peaceful lanes and coastal walks, and the parish’s historic field patterns and older buildings hint at centuries of coastal farming and community life.
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