Also known as Carnforth, Lancashire
Carnforth is a market town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay. The parish of Carnforth had a population of 5,521 in the 2021 census and 5,560 in the 2011 census, an increase from the 5,350 recorded in the 2001 census. The town is situated around 7 miles north of Lancaster, 17 miles south of Kendal, 40 miles east (bisected by Morecambe Bay) of Barrow-in-Furness and 28 miles north-west of Settle. The town is also close to the Cumbria/Lancashire border.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Carnforth Station - geograph.org.uk - 48655.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Carnforth station in 2005
- UK place.official_name
- Carnforth
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD499704
- UK place.population
- 5,521
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.post_town
- CARNFORTH
- UK place.postcode_area
- LA
- UK place.postcode_district
- LA5
- UK place.dial_code
- 01524
- UK place.civil_parish
- Carnforth
- UK place.shire_district
- Lancaster
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom City of Lancaster
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 5560
- Image
- Carnforth Station - geograph.org.uk - 463829.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01524
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- postal code
- LA5
- OS grid reference
- SD499704
- Commons category
- Carnforth
- P8168
- Chitchor
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