Milnthorpe
A large and lively market village in South Cumbria.
Milnthorpe is a large market village on the southern border of Cumbria, 7 miles south of Kendal, once part of the township of Heversham-with-Milnthorpe. Now spared of heavy traffic, it is an ancient village of limestone buildings, arranged in nooks and crannies and along narrow lanes.
Visitors passing through on the A6 heading towards Kendal in the north or Lancaster in the south might overlook this gem, whose narrow lanes and historic, beautiful buildings recall a time when a coach and four was more common than a four-wheel drive.
The Market Square is bordered on three sides by pretty cottages and inviting shops. The fourth side opens out on to green lawns and trees leading up to an imposing and very attractive 19th century church of St Thomas.
Milnthorpe was a medieval market town and, apart from Kendal, was the most important community in the area.
Useful Numbers
Stoneleigh Surgery Tel: 01539 563307
Park View Surgery Tel: 015395 63327
Westmorland General Hospital Tel: 01539 732288
Royal Lancaster Infirmary Tel: 01524 65944
Dallam School Tel: 015395 65165
Milnthorpe Family Centre Tel: 015395 64090
Storth C of E Primary School Tel: 015395 62517
Milnthorpe Primary School Tel: 015395 62344
Beetham Primary School Tel: 015395 62515
Queen Elizabeth School (QES) Tel: 015242 71275
Kendal College Tel: 01539 814700
Lancaster & Morecambe College Tel: 01524 66215
Milnthorpe Library Tel: 015395 63040
Market Supervisor Tel: 01539 563719
Milnthorpe Cricket Club Tel: 015395 63072
Cumbria County Council Tel: 01228 606060
South Lakeland District Council Tel: 0845 050 4434
Useful Information and Numbers
Advice
Need legal or other advice
Cumbria Rural CAB Tel: 01539 446464 / 015395 33100
Kendal CAB Tel: 01539 738772
Local Councillors - Cllr David Ryder Tel: 65716
Tim Farron MP Tel: 01539 723403
Care
You need respite care
Age UK South Lakeland Tel: 01539 728180
Adult Social Care Tel: 01539 713377
South Lakeland Carers Tel: 01539 815970
Churches
St Thomas's Church Tel: 015395 63125
Christ the King Church Tel: 015395 62387
Milnthorpe Methodist Church (Secretary) Tel: 015395 62985
Doctor
Out of Hours Doctor - Cumbria Health on Call 6.30pm - 8.00pm Monday to Friday Any time Saturday, Sunday and all Bank Holidays Tel: 03000 247247
Doctor - Feel unwell but don't want to call your GP - NHS Direct - any time Tel: 0845 4647 or speak to the Pharmicist at your local pharmacy
Emergancy: ambulance - Health emergency - Health emergency Tel: 999
Doctor - Advice about failing eyesight - Sight Advice South Lakes Visually Impaired Group Tel: 01539 742633
Doctor - Advice about hearing problems - DeafVision Tel: 01539 773131
Doctor - Find a dentist to register with NHS Dental Registration Tel: 01228 602193
Doctor - Worried about dementia Talk to GP - Alzheimers Society Tel: 01539 742631
Doctor - Worried about mental health South Lakeland MIND Tel: 01539 740591
Doctor - Worried about cancer Macmillan Cancer Support (9am to 8pm, Monday to Friday) Tel: 0808 808 0000
Doctor - Worried about stroke Stroke Association (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday) Tel: 0303 303 3100