Seascale

Seascale is a beach-resort and village in the county of Cumbria, England. Although the place-name indicates that it was inhabited by Norse settlers, probably before 1000 AD, the community remained insignificant until the development of a railway line along the coast from Whitehaven to Barrow in Furness in Victorian times, following which, in the 1850s, it was developed as a seaside resort. It was further developed from the 1940s onward as a dormitory community for the nearby Windscale and Calder Hall nuclear sites (later combined as Sellafield). As a result, in the 1950s it was known as "the brainiest town in Britain".Who|date=September 2008

The village is close to the A595 trunk road and is served by Seascale railway station on what is now called the Cumbrian Coast Line.

External links

* [http://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/seascale.htm Seascale at visitcumbria.com]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1586031,00.html Reminiscences of an atom kid] from The Guardian newspaper