Milnthorpe
Milnthorpe is a huge town as well as electoral ward within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland and straddling the A6 road, the community has a number of 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, boosting to 2,199 at the 2011 Census. Each August, the Friends of the Exhibition holds its annual art exhibition in the church. Milnthorpe has two steel bands, one for grownups and the various other based in the town's junior school. The grade I listed residence Dallam Tower, with an estate recognized for its deer, stands close 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 town as well as the housing estate of Owlet Ash Fields in close-by Ackenthwaite. It has one secondary school, called Dallam School, and one primary school, called Milnthorpe Primary School. There are three pubs in the town.
