Silloth
Silloth (sometimes known as Silloth-on-Solway) is a port town and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England.The town of Maryport lies 12 miles (19 kilometres) south, down the B5300 coast road which also passes through the villages of Blitterlees, Beckfoot, Mawbray, and Allonby.Silloth is part of the parliamentary constituency of Penrith and Solway, and is represented by Markus Campbell-Savours of the Labour Party, who unseated former Conservative MP Mark Jenkinson at the 2024 General Election.[6] The porch tower and large broach spire were completed later in 1878, and house a ring of 8 bells which are chimed.It was designed by Carlisle architect Charles John Ferguson in the Gothic style, and is built with an interesting mix of local sandstone, and granite which was brought by the North British Railway (and boats) from Newry, now in Northern Ireland.He bought two of the hangars on the airfield and later joined them together to create large factory space and storage units for the manufacture of polyurethane foam blocks.About a hundred and fifty people worked in this factory, some from Silloth and many bussed in from Maryport and surrounds each day.[10][11] Tourism is a major contributor to the economy in Silloth, with dozens of large and small static and touring caravan parks located within a 10 miles (15 kilometres) radius of the town centre, resulting in a large increase in the population during the summer months.[15] Local TV coverage is provided by BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Border.
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