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Morecambe Bay is an estuary in north-west England, just to the south of the Lake District National Park.It is the largest expanse of intertidal mudflats and sand in the United Kingdom, covering a total area of 120 sq mi (310 km 2).
The Cross Bay Walk is a historical hiking route in Northwest England that crosses Morecambe Bay. It traditionally connected Hest Bank, Lancashire with Kents Bank, Cumbria . The exact route of the walk varies depending upon local conditions, but is usually between 6 and 8 mi (9.7 and 12.9 km) in length.
The location was chosen primarily due to the extensive and dangerous mud-flats and quick-sand, which extend across Morecambe bay at low tide. [6] H-002 Hurley Flyer at Morecambe. The hovercraft became operational on 23 December 2002, and at a ceremony in 2003, was named Hurley Flyer (H-002), having been funded by Mrs Kay Hurley of Oxfordshire ...
The Stone Jetty is a jetty in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It was built by the North Western Railway in 1853 as a wharf and rail terminal for both passenger and cargo transport. [ 1 ] The former station building with adjoining lighthouse stand on the jetty and are Grade II-listed. [ 2 ]
Cedric Robinson, the 25th Queen's Guide to the Sands, leading a group across Morecambe Bay in July 2014 Logo of the Guide Over Sands Trust which appoints the Guide. The King's Guide to the Sands, or, during the reign of a female monarch, Queen's Guide to the Sands, is the royally appointed guide to crossing the sands of Morecambe Bay, an ancient and potentially dangerous tidal crossing in ...
The lido opened in 1932. The buildings were designed by Grange-over-Sands Urban District Council's surveyor, named Bernard Smith [2] or Thomas Huddlestone. [3] The lido sits on Grange promenade on the shore of Morecambe Bay, although as of 2019 the changing course of the River Kent means that the sea is at some distance from the promenade, separated by salt marsh.
Twenty-one bodies, of people between the ages of 18 and 45, were recovered from the bay. Two of the victims were women; the rest were mostly young men in their 20s and 30s, with two over 40 and one, a male, under 20. [7] Most were previously employed as farmers, and two were fishermen. [7]
Old Silverdale: the loveliest spot on Morecambe Bay. Lancaster: Palatine Books. ISBN 978-1-910837-07-8. Mourholme Local History Society (1999). How it Was: A North Lancashire Parish in the Seventeenth Century. Mourholme Local History Society. ISBN 978-0-9534298-0-6. Full text available online; Mourholme Local History Society (2005).