Grange-over-Sands is a community and civil parish located on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England. Passing by road, Grange Over Sands is 13.1 miles (21.1 kilometres) to the south of Kendal, 14.9 miles (24.0 km) to the eastern of Ulverston, 25 miles (40 kilometres) to the east of Barrow-in-Furness as well as 28.1 miles (45.2 kilometres) to the west of Lancaster. Historically part of Lancashire, the town was developed as a metropolitan district in 1894. Considering that 1974, adhering to local government re-organisation, the town has actually been carried out as part of the South Lakeland area of Cumbria, though it remains part of the Duchy of Lancaster. It had a population of 4,114 at the 2011 Census.