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Ambleside is a town and former civil parish (now in the parish of Lakes) in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Westmorland and located in the Lake District National Park, the town sits at the head of Windermere, England's largest natural lake. In 2020 it had an estimated ...
Westmorland and Furness is a unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast , shipbuilding and the port in Barrow-in-Furness , and agriculture in the rural parts of the area.
A new Lakes Urban District was formed by the merger of Ambleside and Grasmere UDs and adjacent parishes in West Ward and South Westmorland RDs; East Westmorland RD, most of West Ward RD and Shap UD were merged to form North Westmorland Rural District; South Westmorland RD absorbed Kirkby Lonsdale UD, at the same time losing an area to Lakes UD ...
Grasmere is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lakes, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, and situated in the centre of the Lake District and named after its adjacent lake. Grasmere lies within the historic county of Westmorland. The Ambleside and Grasmere ward had an estimated population of 4,592 ...
St Mary's Church is in Ambleside, Cumbria, England.It was built in the 1850s to a design by George Gilbert Scott in Gothic Revival style (specifically Decorated Gothic).The building is Grade II* listed. [1]
Windermere and Ambleside. [7] The constituency was expanded by adding parts of the former District of Eden, including the market towns of Appleby-in-Westmorland and Kirkby Stephen, previously in the abolished constituency of Penrith and The Border.
South Westmorland was a rural district in Westmorland, England from 1894 to 1974. It saw various boundary changes during its existence, particularly in 1935, when it absorbed Kirkby Lonsdale urban district, whilst parts merged with Ambleside and Grasmere Urban Districts to form Lakes Urban District at the same time.
Stock Ghyll flowing through Ambleside. Stock Ghyll, also known as Stock Gill, Stock Gill Beck and Stock Beck, is a stream in the district of Westmorland and Furness, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria and the historic county of Westmorland. It flows about four miles [1] from Red Screes through the town of Ambleside to the River Rothay. Its ...