Oxenholme

Oxenholme
Westmorland
Station Inn, Oxenholme
Location
Grid reference:	SD530898
Location:	54°18’6"N, 2°43’25"W
Data
Post town:	Kendal
Postcode:	LA9
Dialling code:	01539
Local Government
Council:	Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary constituency:	Westmorland and Lonsdale

Oxenholme railway station

Oxenholme is a village in Westmorland 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. Because Oxenholme does not have its own church it is technically a hamlet. Oxenholme is named after a farm, which name suggests was a cattle farm.

History

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 Railway station has the suffix Lake District added in 1988.

Transport

Oxenholme station, located in the village, is a junction between the West Coast Main Line and the Windermere Branch Line. The A65 road runs through the village and is close to the M6 motorway.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Oxenholme)

• Oxenholme Past: oxenholme.oneplacestudy.org provides further information about Oxenholme's past including details of former residents, past news stories etc.