Barnacre-with-Bonds is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the Wyre district of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

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. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,751 increasing to 2,148 at the 2011 census. The parish covers an area to the south and east of

Garstang Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster. In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,26 ...

, including the settlements of Bonds, Calder Vale and Bowgreave. It is mostly rural and hilly with a small population.

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In Bowgreave there is the Garstang Community Academy, formerly known as Garstang High School, and an eighteen-hole golf course, near the

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Hotel. The former village pub, the Kenlis Arms Hotel, a former hunting-lodge built in 1856, adjacent to the site of the former Garstang and Catterall railway station, closed in 2022.https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/lancashire/barnacre_kenlisarms.html#:~:text=The%20Kenlis%20Arms%20was%20situated%20on%20Kenlis Calder Vale, which is one of the most isolated villages in England, has only one road providing access. It lies in a deep valley of the River Calder. The 5-star self-catering Barnacre holiday cottages are located near the village. The parish includes the Anglican All Saints Church, Barnacre, and St John the Evangelist, Calder Vale; the Catholic Church of St Mary and St Michael, Bonds; and Calder Vale Methodist Chapel. It also includes the ruins of Greenhalgh Castle.

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Geography of the Borough of Wyre Civil parishes in Lancashire {{Lancashire-geo-stub

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