Millom

Millom
Town and parish
Millom Castle and Holy Trinity Church
Millom is located in the former Borough of Copeland
Millom
Millom
Location in the former Copeland Borough
Millom is located in Cumbria
Millom
Millom
Location within Cumbria
Population7,240 (2021)
OS grid referenceSD172802
Civil parish
  • Millom
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMILLOM
Postcode districtLA18
Dialling code01229
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°12′35″N 3°16′13″W / 54.20964°N 3.27019°W / 54.20964; -3.27019

Millom is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the River Duddon in southernmost Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, about six miles (ten kilometres) north of Barrow-in-Furness (23 mi or 37 km by road) and 26 mi (42 km) south of Whitehaven.

Hodbarrow Beacon
The older of two lighthouses at Hodbarrow
Map
LocationMillom, United Kingdom Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates54°11′39″N 3°15′30″W / 54.1941°N 3.25831°W / 54.1941; -3.25831
Tower
Constructed1866 Edit this on Wikidata
Constructionstone Edit this on Wikidata
Height18 m (59 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and embattled top, light from a window
Markingsunpainted Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorHaverigg Lighthouse Club
Heritagescheduled monument Edit this on Wikidata
Light
Deactivated1905 Edit this on Wikidata
Hodbarrow Haverigg Lighthouse Edit this at Wikidata
Constructed1905 Edit this on Wikidata
Constructioncast iron (tower) Edit this on Wikidata
Height9 m (30 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern[1]
Markingswhite (tower), white (lantern), red (horizontal stripe) Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorHodbarrow Mining Company (–1946), Hodbarrow RSPB reserve Edit this on Wikidata
Deactivated1949 Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height12 m (39 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl W 4s Edit this on Wikidata

Millom was constructed as a new town, beginning in 1866 and subsumed the village of Holborn Hill. Built around ironworks, the town grew to a size of over 10,000 people by the 1960s, but has struggled since the works were closed in 1968. Culturally, Millom is notable as the birthplace of poet Norman Nicholson, and for its historical links with rugby league.

The name is Cumbrian dialect for "At the mills".[2]

  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northwest England". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ^ Reader's Digest Atlas of the British Isles, place name index.