Slyne-with-Hest

Slyne-with-Hest
Slyne-with-Hest
	Manor Road
	Slyne-with-Hest Location in the City of Lancaster district Slyne-with-Hest Location within Lancashire
Population	3,126 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD473660
Civil parish	Slyne-with-Hest;
District	Lancaster;
Shire county	Lancashire;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LANCASTER
Postcode district	LA2
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Morecambe and Lunesdale;
	List of places UK England Lancashire 54°05′17″N 2°48′22″W / 54.088°N 2.806°W

Slyne-with-Hest is a civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. It had a population of 3,163 recorded in the 2001 census,^[1] decreasing to 3,126 at the 2011 Census.^[2] The parish is north of Lancaster and consists of two villages; Slyne, on the A6 road, and Hest Bank on the coast.

History

Hest Bank (54°05′N 2°48′W / 54.083°N 2.800°W / 54.083; -2.800 (Hest Bank) ) is a village in north-western Lancashire, England, the boundaries of which include the coastline, from a western shoreline of salt-flats that adjoin the northern extremities of Morecambe's Victorian era Promenade, to a less clearly defined boundary in the east with the village of Slyne, which dates from Anglo-Saxon times.

Notable buildings and roads

Hest Bank's best-known building, 'The Hest Bank Hotel' (previously named the Sands Inn), is itself hundreds of years old, and once served as a coaching station for traffic crossing the sands of what is now called Morecambe Bay. Ordnance Survey Maps still show the right-of-way across Morecambe Bay from Hest Bank to Grange-over-Sands, and many walkers enjoy guided walks across the bay, which take place from Spring to Autumn, normally every other weekend, tides allowing. The right-of-way is not suitable for normal motor vehicles, there being water at around knee-height to cross at the outflow from the River Kent.

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward extends beyond the confines of the parish and has a population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,119.^[3]

Before Brexit for the European Parliament residents in Slyne-with-Hest voted to elect MEPs for the North West England constituency.

Railway line

In 1965 this originally coastal village was the scene of a rail accident on 20 May, when a sleeper train from London Euston bound for Glasgow Central left the rails at 70 mph and collided with the Hest Bank station buildings.^[4] No one was seriously injured, although from that time Hest Bank has ceased to serve as a passenger station, its railside platform consequently now lying buried in undergrowth.

Community

The village has a primary school: St Lukes Slyne-with-Hest; and tennis, football and bowling clubs.

Notable people

Tyson Fury, boxer
Dame Thora Hird, actress
Helen Pidd, journalist

References

^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Slyne-with-Hest Parish (30UH028)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Slyne-with-Hest Parish (E04005205)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 9 June 2015.
^ "THE HEST BANK DERAILMENT". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.

External links

[1] UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Slyne-with-Hest Parish (30UH028)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

[2] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Slyne-with-Hest Parish (E04005205)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

[3] "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 9 June 2015.

[4] "THE HEST BANK DERAILMENT". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.

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