Warton
Parish in Lancaster, Lancashire, England
| Coordinates: | 54.146, -2.766 |
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| OS grid ref: | SD 50 72 |
| Population: | 2,300 |
The village and civil parish of Warton sits in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, tucked on the edge of the Morecambe Bay plain beneath the limestone rise of Warton Crag. The crag is a conspicuous local nature reserve with limestone grassland, the remains of an Iron Age camp and good bird and butterfly interest, so the parish combines distinctive natural scenery with easy access to the coast and the nearby Arnside and Silverdale AONB.
Alongside its rural character, Warton is notable for the adjacent Warton Aerodrome, where aircraft testing and aerospace activity provide a major local employer, and the village retains historic touches such as St Oswald's Church. The result is a community shaped by both traditional farming and quiet village life and by 20th‑ and 21st‑century industry, with a fairly strong local identity and good links to surrounding towns.
Postcode districts covering Warton
Most populated places nearby
- Blackpool 24.4 miles
- Morecambe 6.5 miles
- Lancaster 7 miles
- Barrow-in-Furness 18.7 miles
- Kendal 12.5 miles
- Fleetwood 19.4 miles
- Poulton-le-Fylde 22.6 miles
- Heysham 8.4 miles
- Cleveleys 21.2 miles
- Clitheroe 24.1 miles
- Ulverston 13.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Warton Built-up area 0.2 miles
- Carnforth & Millhead Ward 1.2 miles
- Carnforth Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Yealand Conyers Parish 1.3 miles
- Borwick Parish 2 miles
- Over Kellet Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Priest Hutton Parish 2.4 miles
- Yealand Redmayne Parish 2.5 miles
- Nether Kellet Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Silverdale Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Burton-in-Kendal Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Halton-with-Aughton & Kellet Ward 3.4 miles
Example postcodes in Warton
LA5 9NH, LA5 9QU, LA5 9SB, LA5 9QF, LA6 1FQ, LA5 9NN, LA5 9RA, LA5 9PU, LA5 9ND … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 48.9 miles
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 56.3 miles
- Carnforth Railway Station 1.2 miles
- Silverdale Railway Station 2.2 miles
Hotels near Warton Ad
- Grange Boutique Hotel 4 6.7 miles
- The Royal Station Hotel 4 1.2 miles
- Quite Simply French 5 6.6 miles
- Craigwell 4 6 miles
- Shipping Lanes Hotel 6.1 miles
- The Pheasant Inn 7.4 miles
- The Kerswell Hotel 3 7.2 miles
- Crooklands Hotel 3 7.2 miles
- The Morecambe Hotel 4 6.2 miles
- The Crown Hotel 4 6.6 miles
Schools in Warton
- Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Globe Arena Stadium 7.2 miles
- Underley Hall Estate 8.3 miles
- Terry Bank Estate 8.5 miles
- Cartmel Racecourse Recreation 8.6 miles
- Holker Hall Estate 9.1 miles
- Lancaster University University 9.6 miles
- Ashton Hall Estate 10.3 miles
- Watercrook Archaeological site 11.2 miles
- Thornton Hall Estate 11.8 miles
- Twistleton Manor Estate 12.3 miles
- Forest of Bowland Forest 13.8 miles
- Burns Quarry Wood Forest 15.7 miles