Lower Holker
Parish in Westmorland and Furness, England
| Coordinates: | 54.177, -2.982 |
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| OS grid ref: | SD 35 76 |
| Dialling code: | 015395 (Grange-Over-Sands) |
Lower Holker is a quiet, largely rural parish on the edge of Morecambe Bay in the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness, just inland from the coast and not far from the market town of Grange-over-Sands. The area includes the village of Flookburgh and the settlement of Cark, with the handy Cark and Cartmel railway station on the Furness Line giving easy connections to Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness.
The parish is best known for the historic Holker Hall estate, a stately home with gardens and event activity that draws visitors, and for its mix of agriculture, small-scale fisheries and tourism; Flookburgh retains a long association with shrimping and cockling on the bay. Wildlife-rich mudflats, easy access to the Lake District fringes and a tradition of village pubs, clubs and local events give the area a distinct rural community feel; administratively it was formerly in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria until the local government reorganisation.
Postcode districts covering Lower Holker
Most populated places nearby
- Blackpool 24.4 miles
- Morecambe 9.1 miles
- Lancaster 11.7 miles
- Barrow-in-Furness 10.5 miles
- Kendal 14.2 miles
- Fleetwood 18.5 miles
- Poulton-le-Fylde 22.9 miles
- Heysham 9.7 miles
- Cleveleys 20.4 miles
- Ulverston 4.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Flookburgh Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Lower Allithwaite Parish 1.1 miles
- Allithwaite Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Cartmel Built-up area 2 miles
- Grange-over-Sands Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Broughton East Parish 3.5 miles
- Ulverston Built-up area 4.2 miles
- Lindale Built-up area 4.4 miles
- Haverthwaite Parish 4.6 miles
- Grange and Cartmel Ward 4.9 miles
- Egton with Newland Parish 5.1 miles
- Penny Bridge and Greenodd Built-up area 5.2 miles
Example postcodes in Lower Holker
LA11 7NS, LA11 7LB, LA11 7NY, LA11 7NF, LA11 7PB, LA11 7PL, LA11 7ND, LA11 7LD, LA11 7LG … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 57.8 miles
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 58.5 miles
- Cark and Cartmel Railway Station 0.3 miles
- Kents Bank Railway Station 2.3 miles
Hotels near Lower Holker Ad
- The Engine Inn 3 0.3 miles
- The Cavendish Arms 2 miles
- The Pheasant Inn 1.6 miles
- Priory hotel 2 miles
- Uplands Inn Cartmel 2.2 miles
- Cartmel Old Grammar 3 2.3 miles
- Lymestone Boutique Accommodation 4 3 miles
- Grange Hotel 4 3.5 miles
- Royal Oak Pub 2 miles
- Cumbria Grand Hotel 3 3.9 miles
Schools in Lower Holker
- Flookburgh C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Holker Hall Estate 0.5 miles
- Cartmel Racecourse Recreation 2.1 miles
- Globe Arena Stadium 9.2 miles
- Holker Street Stadium 10.9 miles
- Roanhead Beach Beach 11.1 miles
- Watercrook Archaeological site 13.1 miles
- Ashton Hall Estate 13.9 miles
- Lancaster University University 14.1 miles
- Wray Castle Estate 14.3 miles
- Terry Bank Estate 15.3 miles
- Underley Hall Estate 16.2 miles
- Highbury Stadium Stadium 18.1 miles