Field Broughton is a village in the
South Lakeland
South Lakeland is a local government district in Cumbria, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district was 102,301 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 103,658 at the 2011 Census. Its council is based in Kendal. It includes ...
district of the
English county
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of
Cumbria.
The village forms part of the
civil parish of
Broughton East.
Location
It is about four miles away from the town of
Grange-over-Sands.
Transport
For transport there is the
A590 road and
Grange-over-Sands railway station
Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parish located on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England, a few miles south of the Lake District National Park. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,042, increasing at the 2011 ...
nearby.
Nearby settlements
Nearby settlements include the town of
Grange-over-Sands, the villages of
High Newton and
Cartmel and the hamlets of
Low Newton and
Barber Green
Barber Green is a village in Cumbria
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. It has a church called
St. Peter's Church.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Broughton East
References
* http://www.francisfrith.com/field-broughton/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100925175727/http://www.visitcumbria.com/churches/fieldbroughton.htm
Villages in Cumbria
South Lakeland District
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