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Lakeland Motor Museum
Riverside museum at Backbarrow with 30,000 exhibits including 140 classic vehicles and a dedicated exhibition on the Campbells' Bluebird land and water speed record machines.
19 km · about 20 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Warton works well as a base: 10 minutes from Silverdale, 23km from Trough of Bowland.
Warton is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 2,300, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Warton is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. The village is close to the boundary with Cumbria, and approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Carnforth, which was originally part of the parish of Warton. The village had a population of 2,315 at the 2001 census,Read more
and 2,360 at the 2011 census. In 2021 its population was 2,323. The parish covers an area in excess of 11,000 acres (45 km2) and is predominantly rural.
The earliest record of the Warton is in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village contains Warton Old Rectory, the ruins of a late thirteenth- or early fourteenth-century clergyman's house. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Oswald, has links to the Washington family, the ancestors of the first president of the United States of America, George Washington.
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Warton is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 54.1472 latitude, -2.7643 longitude.
Warton has a population of approximately 2,300 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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museum
Riverside museum at Backbarrow with 30,000 exhibits including 140 classic vehicles and a dedicated exhibition on the Campbells' Bluebird land and water speed record machines.
19 km · about 20 min drive
famous road
Remote moorland pass through the Forest of Bowland linking Lancaster and Dunsop Bridge, following the route the Pendle witches were marched to trial in 1612. Sweeping single-carriageway bends with barely a building in sight.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Magnificent Victorian railway viaduct with 24 arches striding across the bleak moorland of the Yorkshire Dales, an engineering marvel of the 1870s.
27 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
England's largest natural lake, stretching over 10 miles through the heart of the Lake District with stunning mountain backdrops.
28 km · about 30 min drive
mountain pass
The Lake District's highest motor road, topped by an ancient inn and sweeping views over Brothers Water.
37 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A wild mountain pass connecting the Langdale and Duddon valleys with panoramic views of the central Lake District fells.
38 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
England's steepest road pass with gradients up to 33%, offering spectacular views of the Eskdale valley and surrounding Lakeland fells.
39 km · about 45 min drive
national park
Classic English countryside with limestone pavements, waterfalls, and stone-walled valleys.
40 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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