| Coordinates: | 54.274, -3.023 |
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| OS grid ref: | SD 33 86 |
Colton sits in the rural uplands of Westmorland and Furness, on the eastern fringe of the Lake District. The parish is a patchwork of rolling farmland, wooded hollows and limestone outcrops, with easy access to popular outdoor areas such as Coniston Water, Windermere and the trails of Grizedale Forest, so it attracts walkers, cyclists and anyone after a quieter side of the Lakes.
Life here is shaped by small-scale farming, forestry and a steady flow of visitors in summer, with a traditional village heart of stone cottages, a parish church and a village hall that still stages local events. There are historic links to rural trades and to lake-side boat-building and quarrying in nearby valleys, and the community retains a close-knit, seasonal rhythm of everyday country life mixed with tourism.
Postcode districts covering Colton
Most populated places nearby
- Morecambe 15.7 miles
- Lancaster 18.2 miles
- Barrow-in-Furness 13.3 miles
- Kendal 11.9 miles
- Heysham 16.6 miles
- Ulverston 6.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Backbarrow Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Finsthwaite Built-up area 2 miles
- Haverthwaite Parish 2.3 miles
- Penny Bridge and Greenodd Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Staveley-in-Cartmel Parish 3.1 miles
- Grange and Cartmel Ward 3.2 miles
- Lowick Parish 3.2 miles
- Satterthwaite Parish 3.7 miles
- Blawith and Subberthwaite Parish 3.7 miles
- Egton with Newland Parish 3.8 miles
- Coniston and Hawkshead Ward 4 miles
- Cartmel Fell Parish 4.6 miles
Example postcodes in Colton
LA12 8DB, LA12 8BP, LA12 8HG, LA12 8JY, LA12 8JS, LA12 8DF, LA12 8JE, LA12 8BX, LA12 8JN … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 62 miles
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 65.3 miles
- Haverthwaite Railway Station 1.9 miles
- Newby Bridge Railway Station 2 miles
Hotels in Colton Ad
Local points of interest
- Cartmel Racecourse Recreation 5.6 miles
- Holker Hall Estate 6.4 miles
- Wray Castle Estate 8.1 miles
- Watercrook Archaeological site 11.4 miles
- Roanhead Beach Beach 12.1 miles
- Holker Street Stadium 13.5 miles
- Cumbrian Mountains Mountains 14.8 miles
- Globe Arena Stadium 16 miles
- Terry Bank Estate 16.6 miles
- Underley Hall Estate 18.5 miles