Middleton, Lancashire

Human settlement in England

Middleton

District

Lancaster

Lancashire

Region

North West

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Morecambe and Lunesdale

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54°01′16″N 2°52′52″W / 54.021°N 2.881°W / 54.021; -2.881

Middleton is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, between Heysham and Overton. It had a population of 705 in 2011.^[1]

Middleton was the location of Middleton Tower Holiday Camp, which opened in 1939. The camp was owned by Pontin's from July 1955 until its closure in October 1994.^[2] By 2008, the holiday camp had been redeveloped as a gated community with bungalows and flats.^[3]

Notable villagers

William Lionel Clause, landscape artist (born at Middleton, 1887)

References

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Middleton Parish (E04005195)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ Hogg, David (19 August 2004). "Reunion for Pontin's 'Liner' camp staff". Lancashire Evening Post (newspaper). Preston: Johnston Press. p. 19. 0964-0967.
^ "Former Police Station proposal get thumbs-down". Lakeland Echo. Morecambe: Johnston Press. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2008.

External links

Media related to Middleton, Lancashire at Wikimedia Commons

Geography of the City of Lancaster

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Footpaths	Lancashire Coastal Way Lancashire Witches Walk
Hills	Clougha Pike Gragareth Green Hill Grit Fell Hawthornthwaite Fell Leck Fell Ward's Stone Warton Crag White Hill Wolfhole Crag
Rivers	Cocker Conder Greta Grizedale Hindburn Keer Lune Roeburn Wenning Wyre
River features	Crook o' Lune
Other waterways	Artle Beck Lancaster Canal Leck Beck

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