Silverdale, Lancashire

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Silverdale
Silverdale shown within Lancashire
Population	1,545 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SD465755
District	City of Lancaster
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARNFORTH
Postcode district	LA5
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Morecambe & Lunesdale
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire

Coordinates: 54°10′03″N 2°49′19″W / 54.16737, -2.821853

Silverdale is a village and civil parish within the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. The village stands on Morecambe Bay, near the border with Cumbria, 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of Carnforth and 8.5 miles (14 km) north of Lancaster. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,545.

Silverdale forms part of the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve is close to the village. The Lancashire Coastal Way footpath goes from Silverdale to Freckleton, and the Cumbria Coastal Way goes from Silverdale to Gretna.

It is served by nearby Silverdale railway station on the line from Lancaster to Barrow in Furness.

The Victorian novelist Mrs Gaskell (1810-1865) regularly holidayed in Silverdale and is said to have written some of her works in Lindeth Tower in the village. The English poet Gordon Bottomley (1874-1948) lived in Silverdale in later life.

1 Geography and administration
2 Leeds Children's Holiday Camp Association
3 Silverdale in popular culture
4 References
5 External links
6 Gallery

[edit] Geography and administration

Nearby towns and cities: Lancaster, Carnforth, Grange-over-Sands

Nearby villages: Arnside, Warton, Yealand Conyers, Yealand Redmayne, Yealand Storrs

Silverdale is in the non-metropolitan district of the City of Lancaster. On Lancaster City Council the Silverdale ward is represented as of 2008 by one Conservative councillor. It is in the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire. On Lancashire County Council it forms part of Lancaster Rural North electoral division, and is represented as of 2008 by the one Conservative councillor, the same person who serves on the City Council.

Silverdale is in the UK Parliamentary Constituency of Morecambe and Lunesdale, represented since 1997 by Geraldine Smith (Labour). It is in the European Parliamentary Constituency of North West England, represented as of 2008 by four Conservative, three Labour, one Liberal Democrat and one UKIP MEPs.

[edit] Leeds Children's Holiday Camp Association

The Leeds Children's Holiday Camp Association (LCHCA, formerly the Leeds Poor Children's Holiday Camp Association) has since 1904 provided holidays for needy children from Leeds at its Silverdale Holiday Centre, which is to the north of the village centre overlooking Morecambe Bay. About 275 children each year are brought for a free five day holiday, sometimes having never left Leeds before and seeing cows in fields for the first time. During their stay they participate in a range of outdoor and indoor activities. The Association is a registered charity, and each year's Lady Mayoress of Leeds serves as its President. In 2008 Matthew Lewis, the Leeds-born actor best known as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films, became its patron.^[1] It is supported by donations from individuals and organisations in Leeds and Silverdale and elsewhere.

The history of the Holiday Camp has been described in the book Now I am a swimmer.^[2]

[edit] Silverdale in popular culture

McNeil, Frances (2006 A). Sixpence in her shoe. London: Orion. ISBN 0752868527.

This novel is set partly in Silverdale in the 1920s, with particular reference to the Leeds Children's Holiday Camp.

[edit] References

^ Leeds Children's Holiday Camp Association.
^ McNeil, Frances (2004). Now I am a swimmer: Silverdale Holiday Camp, the first 100 years. Pavan Press. ISBN 0952554720.