Middleton | |
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Silo at Middleton Industrial Estate | |
Location within Lancashire | |
Population | 705 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SD423587 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MORECAMBE |
Postcode district | LA3 |
Dialling code | 01524 |
Police | Lancashire |
Fire | Lancashire |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Middleton is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, between Heysham and Overton. It had a population of 705 in 2011. [1]
Middleton was the location of Middleton Tower Holiday Camp, which opened in 1939. The camp was owned by Pontin's from July 1955 until its closure in October 1994. [2] By 2008, the holiday camp had been redeveloped as a gated community with bungalows and flats. [3]
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Middleton, Lancashire is a civil parish in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It contains nine listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All of the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The parish contains the village of Middleton, and at one time the Middleton Tower Holiday Camp, which converted some of the existing buildings for its purposes. Otherwise the parish is mainly rural. Most of the listed buildings are, or originated as, houses, farmhouses and associated structures. In addition a folly and a public house are listed.
The Pontins Open events were a series of pro–am snooker tournaments which ran from 1974 until 2011.
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