Slyne-with-Hest
| Slyne-with-Hest | |
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 Manor Road | |
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| Population | 3,126 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SD473660 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LANCASTER |
| Postcode district | LA2 |
| Dialling code | 01524 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Slyne-with-Hest is a civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. It had a population of 3,163 recorded in the 2001 census,[1] decreasing to 3,126 at the 2011 Census.[2] The parish is north of Lancaster and consists of two villages; Slyne, on the A6 road, and Hest Bank on the coast.
History
[edit | edit source]Hest Bank (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. ) is a village in north-western Lancashire, England, the boundaries of which include the coastline, from a western shoreline of salt-flats that adjoin the northern extremities of Morecambe's Victorian era Promenade, to a less clearly defined boundary in the east with the village of Slyne, which dates from Anglo-Saxon times.
Notable buildings and roads
[edit | edit source]Hest Bank's best-known building, 'The Hest Bank Hotel' (previously named the Sands Inn), is itself hundreds of years old, and once served as a coaching station for traffic crossing the sands of what is now called Morecambe Bay. Ordnance Survey Maps still show the right-of-way across Morecambe Bay from Hest Bank to Grange-over-Sands, and many walkers enjoy guided walks across the bay, which take place from Spring to Autumn, normally every other weekend, tides allowing. The right-of-way is not suitable for normal motor vehicles, there being water at around knee-height to cross at the outflow from the River Kent.
Governance
[edit | edit source]An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward extends beyond the confines of the parish and has a population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,119.[3]
Before Brexit for the European Parliament residents in Slyne-with-Hest voted to elect MEPs for the North West England constituency.
Railway line
[edit | edit source]In 1965 this originally coastal village was the scene of a rail accident on 20 May, when a sleeper train from London Euston bound for Glasgow Central left the rails at 70 mph and collided with the Hest Bank station buildings.[4] No one was seriously injured, although from that time Hest Bank has ceased to serve as a passenger station, its railside platform consequently now lying buried in undergrowth.
Community
[edit | edit source]The village has a primary school: St Lukes Slyne-with-Hest; and tennis, football and bowling clubs.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Tyson Fury, boxer
- Dame Thora Hird, actress
- Helen Pidd, journalist
See also
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References
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External links
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- Official website
- Cross Bay Run to Hest Bank by Keith Wilkinson (reporter)
- ITV Local report on Cross Bay Run to Hest Bank
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