Arkholme, Lancashire

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Arkholme
OS Grid ref:	SD581721
Postcode district:	LA6
Lat:	54:08:37N (54.1437)
Lon:	2:38:31W (-2.642)

With a population of about 350 - Arkholme, Lancashire, in the United Kingdom, is a small settlement forming part of a cluster of sites along the Lune valley, each with evidence of a motte - as with Melling and Whittington . Arkholme has no surviving bailey. This is the densest distribution of Norman castles outside of the Welsh border countryside.

Arkholme was served by the Furness and Midland Joint Railway branch line, until 1960. A tunnel took the line from Melling to Wennington were it connected to the Midland Railway, the next station being at Arkholme.

[edit] See also

• Castles in the Lune Valley. [1]
• Furness and Midland Joint Railway. [2]
• Lancashire Churches. [3]