Arkholme

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Arkholme
Arkholme (Lancashire)
Arkholme

Arkholme shown within Lancashire
OS grid reference SD581721
Parish Arkholme-with-Cawood
District Lancaster
Shire county Lancashire
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARNFORTH
Postcode district LA6
Dialling code 01524
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Morecambe & Lunesdale
List of places: UKEnglandLancashire

Coordinates: 54°08′38″N 2°38′31″W / 54.144, -2.642

Arkholme is a small settlement in Lancashire, England, 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 where it connected with the Midland Railway, the next station being at Arkholme.

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