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Oxenholme | |
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Station Inn, Oxenholme | |
Location within
Cumbria | |
OS grid reference | SD530898 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KENDAL |
Postcode district | LA9 |
Dialling code | 01539 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Oxenholme is a village in England just south of the town of Kendal, with which it has begun to merge. It is best known for Oxenholme Lake District railway station on the West Coast Main Line. By strict English definition, Oxenholme is a hamlet rather than a village, as it does not have a church.
Oxenholme station opened in 1847 as Kendal Junction and was renamed Oxenholme in 1860. The village grew around the station and is named after Oxenholme Farm. The station name had the suffix "Lake District" added in 1988.
The village has always been called Oxenholme, after a farm whose name suggests a cow farm. The name is usually pronounced oxen-home, though pronounced ox-nome locally. [1]
The village is part of the Kendal civil parish.
The village is in the Kendal South and Natland ward on South Lakeland District Council and is represented by the Liberal Democrat Jonathan Brook, Chris Hogg and Doug Rathbone[ when?]. The village is in Cumbria but before 1974 was in Westmorland. On Cumbria County Council it is part of the Kendal South ward for which the councillor is[ when?] Liberal Democrat Brenda Gray.
It is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency and the MP as of 2023 [update] is Liberal Democrat Tim Farron.
Oxenholme has a low crime rate; only one crime, a minor theft, was reported in 2009.
The village is part of the Cumbrian National Health Service area. Westmorland General Hospital, the local hospital, is located just outside the village.
Oxenholme station, located in the village, is a junction between the West Coast Main Line and the Windermere Branch Line. The A65 runs through the village and is close to the M6 motorway. The village has nine bus stops and is served by routes 41, 41A and 561.
The nearest airports are Leeds Bradford (62 miles) and Teesside International (70 miles) and Manchester (78 miles).
The local newspaper covering the area is The Westmorland Gazette.
Local radio includes BBC Radio Cumbria, Heart North West and Smooth North West.
The village is covered by both the ITV Border and BBC North West TV regions.
Oxenholme appears in the news more often than a typical settlement of its size. Most of the news is to do with the railway.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (December 2009) |
Oxenholme | |
---|---|
Station Inn, Oxenholme | |
Location within
Cumbria | |
OS grid reference | SD530898 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KENDAL |
Postcode district | LA9 |
Dialling code | 01539 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Oxenholme is a village in England just south of the town of Kendal, with which it has begun to merge. It is best known for Oxenholme Lake District railway station on the West Coast Main Line. By strict English definition, Oxenholme is a hamlet rather than a village, as it does not have a church.
Oxenholme station opened in 1847 as Kendal Junction and was renamed Oxenholme in 1860. The village grew around the station and is named after Oxenholme Farm. The station name had the suffix "Lake District" added in 1988.
The village has always been called Oxenholme, after a farm whose name suggests a cow farm. The name is usually pronounced oxen-home, though pronounced ox-nome locally. [1]
The village is part of the Kendal civil parish.
The village is in the Kendal South and Natland ward on South Lakeland District Council and is represented by the Liberal Democrat Jonathan Brook, Chris Hogg and Doug Rathbone[ when?]. The village is in Cumbria but before 1974 was in Westmorland. On Cumbria County Council it is part of the Kendal South ward for which the councillor is[ when?] Liberal Democrat Brenda Gray.
It is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency and the MP as of 2023 [update] is Liberal Democrat Tim Farron.
Oxenholme has a low crime rate; only one crime, a minor theft, was reported in 2009.
The village is part of the Cumbrian National Health Service area. Westmorland General Hospital, the local hospital, is located just outside the village.
Oxenholme station, located in the village, is a junction between the West Coast Main Line and the Windermere Branch Line. The A65 runs through the village and is close to the M6 motorway. The village has nine bus stops and is served by routes 41, 41A and 561.
The nearest airports are Leeds Bradford (62 miles) and Teesside International (70 miles) and Manchester (78 miles).
The local newspaper covering the area is The Westmorland Gazette.
Local radio includes BBC Radio Cumbria, Heart North West and Smooth North West.
The village is covered by both the ITV Border and BBC North West TV regions.
Oxenholme appears in the news more often than a typical settlement of its size. Most of the news is to do with the railway.