Arnside
Sign in to saveArnside is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is historically part of Westmorland, near the border with Lancashire, England. The Lake District National Park is located a few miles north. Travelling by road, Arnside is to the south of Kendal, to the east of Ulverston, to the east of Barrow-in-Furness, to the north of Lancaster and to the east of Grange-over-Sands. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,301, increasing at the 2011 census to 2,334 but falling to 2,233 in the 2021 census.
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
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- UK place.static_image_caption
- Arnside on the River Kent
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Arnside
- UK place.population
- 2,334
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Arnside
- UK place.unitary_england
- Westmorland and Furness
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- Cumbria
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- UK place.post_town
- CARNFORTH
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Westmorland and Furness
- Population
- +2334
- Image
- Arnside123.jpg
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- Westmorland
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Arnside is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is historically part of Westmorland, near the border with Lancashire, England. The Lake District National Park is located a few miles north. Travelling by road, Arnside is to the south of Kendal, to the east of Ulverston, to the east of Barrow-in-Furness, to the north of Lancaster and to the east of Grange-over-Sands. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,301, increasing at the 2011 census to 2,334 but falling to 2,233 in the 2021 census.
It faces the estuary of the River Kent on the northeastern corner of Morecambe Bay, within the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is overlooked by Arnside Knott, a hill that rises out of the estuary. A detailed account of the wildlife of the Arnside and Silverdale AONB is provided by John Wilson and Peter Lennon. Mammals include red squirrel and otter, breeding birds at the time of publication included the bittern which is still found in the area.