Milnthorpe is a huge town and electoral ward within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland and also straddling the A6 road, the town consists of numerous 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, enhancing to 2,199 at the 2011 Census. Each August, the Friends of the Exhibition holds its yearly art exhibit in the church. Milnthorpe has two steel bands, one for adults as well as the other based in the community'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 community centre, ignoring the town and also the housing estate of Owlet Ash Area in close-by Ackenthwaite. It has one high school, called Dallam School, and one primary school, called Milnthorpe Primary School. There are 3 hostelries in the village.