Grange-over-Sands

Grange-over-Sands
Church Hill
Grange-over-Sands is located in Morecambe Bay
Grange-over-Sands
Grange-over-Sands
Location on Morecambe Bay
Grange-over-Sands is located in Cumbria
Grange-over-Sands
Grange-over-Sands
Location within Cumbria
Population4,279 (2021)[1]
OS grid referenceSD4077
Civil parish
  • Grange-over-Sands[2]
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Postcode districtLA11
Dialling code015395
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°11′24″N 2°54′54″W / 54.190°N 2.915°W / 54.190; -2.915

Grange-over-Sands[3] is a town and civil parish on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England, a few miles south of the Lake District National Park. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 4,114,[4] increasing at the 2021 census to 4,279.[1] Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the town became administered as an urban district in 1894. Though the town remains part of the Duchy of Lancaster, since 2023 it has been administered as part of the Westmorland and Furness Council area.

Travelling by road, Grange-over-Sands is 13.1 miles (21.1 km) to the south of Kendal, 14.9 miles (24.0 km) to the east of Ulverston, 25 miles (40 km) to the east of Barrow-in-Furness and 28.1 miles (45.2 km) to the north of Lancaster.

  1. ^ a b "Grange-over-Sands 2021 Population". City Population. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Grange-over-Sands Town Council Website". Grange-over-Sands Town Council. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  3. ^ Dyckhoff, Tom (28 September 2018). "lets move to Grange Over Sands + Cartmel". The Guardian.
  4. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Grange-over-Sands Parish (E04002607)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 May 2021.