Oxenholme

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Oxenholme
Oxenholme (Cumbria)
Oxenholme

Oxenholme shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference SD530898
District South Lakeland
Shire county Cumbria
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
List of places: UKEnglandCumbria

Coordinates: 54°18′06″N 2°43′25″W / 54.30163, -2.72373

Oxenholme is a village just south of the town of Kendal, with which it has begun to merge.

Oxenholme Lake District railway station, located in the village, is a junction between the West Coast Main Line and the Windermere Branch Line.

The Grayrigg rail crash happened on 23 February 2007 between Oxenholme and Tebay on the West Coast Main Line.

[edit] Location Grid


North: Kendal
West: Natland Oxenholme East: Middleshaw
South: Endmoor