Milnthorpe is a huge town as well as electoral ward within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland and also straddling the A6 road, the community contains several old hostelries as well as hosts a market in The Square every Friday. The parish as well as ward of Milnthorpe had a population of 2,106 recorded in the 2001 census, boosting to 2,199 at the 2011 Census. Each August, the Friends of the Exhibition holds its yearly art exhibition in the church. Milnthorpe has 2 steel bands, one for grownups as well as the other based in the town's junior school. The grade I listed house Dallam Tower, with an estate recognized for its deer, stands near to the River Bela just south-west of Milnthorpe, whilst St Anthony's Tower might be seen on the top of St Anthony's Hill to the north-east of the town centre, ignoring the town and also the housing estate of Owlet Ash Fields in close-by Ackenthwaite. It has one secondary school, called Dallam School, and also one primary school, called Milnthorpe Primary School. There are 3 public houses in the town.