Anthorn

Anthorn

infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=
latitude= 54.914689
longitude= -3.257294
official_name=Anthorn
population =
shire_district= Allerdale
shire_county= Cumbria
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Penrith and the Border
post_town= Wigton
postcode_district = CA7
postcode_area=CA
dial_code=01697
os_grid_reference= NY195585
Anthorn is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated on the south side of the Solway Firth, on the Wampool estuary, about thirteen miles west of Carlisle. It is the location of the Anthorn transmitting station, broadcasting specialised low frequency signals for timekeeping and navigation.

History

Originally no more than a cluster of cottages and small farms on the shore, the village increased in size and importance in 1942, when an existing World War 1 landing strip was developed as "HMS Nuthatch", a Royal Naval Air Station. This closed in 1958, leaving only its powerful transmitter, but the associated housing development, larger than the original village itself and about a kilometre to the east, remains.

External links

* [http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/anthorn.htm Anthorn] History and photographs.


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