Milnthorpe is a huge town and also selecting ward within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland as well as straddling the A6 road, the community contains several old hostelries and also hosts a market in The Square every Friday. The parish and also 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 event in the church. Milnthorpe has two steel bands, one for grownups as well as the other based in the town's junior school. The grade I listed home Dallam Tower, with an estate understood for its deer, stands near to the River Bela simply 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, overlooking the village as well as the housing estate of Owlet Ash Area in close-by Ackenthwaite. It has one senior high school, called Dallam School, and one primary school, called Milnthorpe Primary School. There are 3 public houses in the village.
