Milnthorpe Fire Station

Local stations

• Arnside - 4 miles
• Kendal - 8 miles
• Kirkby Lonsdale - 9 miles

6,000 population

Crewing type

On-call

Fleet

• 1 fire engine

Milnthorpe is a large market village situated in the south of the County, just north of the border with Lancashire. The Fire Station is located on the main A6 trunk road that runs through the village.

Further information for this fire station is available on a number of themes at the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory, including:

• Population 

• Crime and Community

• Health and Social Care

• Housing

• Economy and Employment

• Environment

• Children and Young People

Please visit www.cumbriaobservatory.org.uk and choose a fire station area for your particular theme of interest.

The area contains:

• 6 Grade I listed buildings and 10 Grade II listed buildings
• 4 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest
• 3 Site Specific Risks; Billerud, Dallam Timber Treatment Services and Houghtons Parkhouse Coachworks
• No significant Flood Risk identified within the Station area

Although a small area, the West Coast Main Line together with the M6 motorway runs through Milnthorpe's station area, and in recent years the station has attended numerous incidents on these two public transport networks. Although most of the area is rural there is a small industrial and commercial business centre on the old Nestle' Dairy site which has a number of businesses employing large numbers of people. As Milnthorpe is also on the Kent Estuary, the station has attended rescues of people who have become trapped in the notorious quicksand around the Kent Estuary, and for this reason works closely with the Coast Guard.