Milnthorpe is a huge town and also selecting ward within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland and also straddling the A6 road, the community includes several old hostelries and hosts a market in The Square every Friday. The parish and ward of Milnthorpe had a population of 2,106 recorded in the 2001 census, raising to 2,199 at the 2011 Census. Each August, the Friends of the Exhibition holds its yearly art event in the church. Milnthorpe has two steel bands, one for adults and the various other based in the town's junior school. The grade I listed home Dallam Tower, with an estate recognized for its deer, stands near to the River Bela simply south-west of Milnthorpe, whilst St Anthony's Tower may be seen on the top of St Anthony's Hill to the north-east of the community centre, ignoring the village and the housing estate of Owlet Ash Fields in neighboring Ackenthwaite. It has one high school, called Dallam School, as well as one primary school, called Milnthorpe Primary School. There are three pubs in the village.