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nickandchris Says: During the summer,large car boot sales/market are held on the old airfield in Flookburgh, a few miles from Grange. I think they begin at easter and are held Bank Holidays up to July, then weekly.Like most of these giant car boots, there are those stalls that are there every...
nickandchris Says: I don't actually know if this garden is still called this. As a child, I knew it as that It is a hillside garden with walks leading to Hampsfell Hospice and Eggerslack Woods. Colonel Porritt lived in Yewbarrow Lodge during WW2, along with seven children who were evacuated...
nickandchris Says: For those who feel in need of a not too taxing walk, the promenade is the answer. It's pedestrians only and extends from the playing fields as far as Grange railway station and beyond, towards Holme Island. Here you cross the railway by footbridge and walk back towards the...
Hike and Hike some more until U drop
broadoak2006 Says: The walking is varied and scenic-whether you walk for 15 minutes or 15 miles-Just Do It
nickandchris Says: This is a pleasant place to roam with plenty of shade. The path circumnavigates the pond with easy access for feeding the ducks. There is also a path along the top of the gardens, taking you to the railway station and onto the promenade.A very popular place in school...
Tourist Office (Victoria Hall)
nickandchris Says: The Tourist Information Office is situated within the grand building of the Victoria Hall. This also houses the local police station as well as council offices.The Hall is still used for various stage productions, the local Amateur Operatic Group stage an opera at least once...
nickandchris Says: There are a putting green and bowling green on Grange's promenade, ideal for a bit of gentle activity on a nice day.Grange also boasts a fairly new tennis court on it's playing fields.
Promenade Cafe: Prime Location
nickandchris Says: This is the only cafe on Grange-over-Sands long promenade.It has been a part of Grange for as long as I can remember and I have worked many a summer here.It sells light snacks, cream teas and delicious ice-cream. The ice cream used to be made in Morecambe, I'm not sure now....
nickandchris Says: First Northwestern trains make the journey along the Furness Line, from Lancaster to Barrow. Grange has a pretty station with toilets (not always open) and a newsagent/sweet shop. On the north bound platform there is a second-hand bookshop. Hanging baskets pretty the place...
Holker Hall.: Local Producers Markets.
nickandchris Says: Every month, throughout the summer,, Holker Hall Food Hall hosts a locally produced food fayre which is held in the courtyard.The Food Hall sells the best locally sourced food as well as produce from Holker Estate. This includes the famous saltmarsh lamb, raised on the salt...
Higginson's: Award Winning Butchers
nickandchris Says: Higginsons is renowned throughout Cumbria for it's home-made pies and sausages, home cured hams and bacons and it's excellent delicatessen. The meat is all beautifully displayed, with local produce an important factor. The sausage rolls go down a treat with Philip. We are...
nickandchris Says: Having lived in Grange during my earlier years, I always remember the wonderful garden walls topped with wierd and wonderfully shaped limestone. Many of the walls in Grange (including my family home) feature these rocks and they are a superb example of the weather's action...
nickandchris Says: Now the grass has encroached the sands it has provided extra grazing land for the local sheep population. They are rounded up when the tide comes in and moved back as it recedes.Salt-marsh lamb is a local culinary speciality.
nickandchris Says: As I have mentioned, do not be tempted to wander too far out on the sands. Many areas of quicksands and deep channels.When the tide turns, a bore is formed and the water races across the sands, filling in gullies and swirling in behind people, often taking them unawares.You...
nickandchris Says: Over the Easter break I at long last walked up to Hampsfell Hospice, a place I hadn't visited since my early teens. I had been meaning to do this walk for months so on a bright Easter Day, I dragged my sister along (she actually drove us up the steepest part) and were we...
nickandchris Says: A beautifully restored band-stand is to be found in one of Grange's pretty gardens. on the Esplanade road.Bands play at regular intervals and attract quite a crowd in decent weather.
Beautiful Landscapes all Around
broadoak2006 Says: Get out and Explore, its FANTASTIC !!!
nickandchris Says: Grange's community is now the proud owners of 25 metre, 5 lane indoor swimming pool. It is a hideous, modern building and there is only parking for disabled. Everyone else parks in the nearby residential streets, annoying residents. Poor planning!The swimming pool is open to...
nickandchris Says: This is the house my family moved to in Grange, when I was 10. My dad and sister still live here, in this enormous Victorian semi, with superb views across Morecambe Bay. It is also the house my mum died in, in 1996. I visit my dad regularly (he is now nearly 86) and we...
nickandchris Says: Grange is renowned for it's mild climate and is often referred to as the riviera of the north!!!Walking along the promenade you will notice palm trees flourishing, even though they are on the coast.Throughout the seasons Grange has colourful flower displays in the neat...
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An old fashioned shop selling delicious home-made chocolates. This shop has been in Grange for years, certainly it was already there when we moved to...
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Grange-over-Sands is situated on Morecambe Bay, south Cumbria. It's on the southern tip of the Cartmel peninsula and is on the fringe of the Lake District. It is an old fashioned Victorian/Edwardian...
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