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Arnside Knott is a hill with a summit elevation of 159 metres (522 ft), near Arnside, Cumbria, England. It is not in the Lake District National Park, lying south of the River Kent which forms the south eastern boundary of the national park. It is within the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape (formerly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or AONB), and is National Trust property. Arnside Knott is the lowest Marilyn (i.e. a hill with at least 150 m of topographic prominence) in England. It was not included in Alan Dawson's The Relative Hills of Britain (1992: ISBN 1-85284-068-4) which was the first listing of Marilyns and showed the lowest one as the Hebridean island of Muldoanich, but was added to the list in 2004–05. A detailed survey of the summit and the col was made in 2010, confirming their heights as 159.1 m (522 ft) +/-0.1 m (3.9 in) and 8.3 m (27 ft) +/-0.4 m (1 ft 4 in) respectively, giving a prominence of 150.8 m (495 ft) +/-0.4 m (1 ft 4 in) and confirming the hill's status as a Marilyn. The col is a point on the railway line east of Silverdale, the further north of two pedestrian railway crossings near Waterslack. Arnside Knott has been described as "one of the best sites in Britain to see butterflies", and rare species found there include the high brown fritillary and the Scotch argus. The National Trust grazes Highland cattle on Arnside Knott. On the north slopes of the hill the now defunct Arnside Golf Club had a golf course from 1906 to the time of World War 2.

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Arnside Tower

Arnside Tower is a late-medieval tower house (or Pele tower) between Arnside and Silverdale immediately to the south of Arnside Knott in Cumbria, England.

Arnside

Arnside is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is historically part of Westmorland, near the border with Lancashire, England. The Lake District National Park is located a few miles north. Travelling by road, Arnside is 10 miles (16 km) to the south of Kendal, 25.3 miles (40.7 km) to the east of Ulverston, 35.2 miles (56.6 km) to the east of Barrow-in-Furness, 13 miles (21 km) to the north of Lancaster and 14.3 miles (23.0 km) to the east of Grange-over-Sands. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,301, increasing at the 2011 census to 2,334 but falling to 2,233 in the 2021 census. It faces the estuary of the River Kent on the north-eastern corner of Morecambe Bay, within the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is overlooked by Arnside Knott, a hill that rises out of the estuary. A detailed account of the wildlife of the Arnside and Silverdale AONB is provided by John Wilson and Peter Lennon. Mammals include red squirrel and otter, breeding birds at the time of publication included the bittern which is still found in the area. Formerly a small fishing village and port trading with Liverpool and Ireland the village has been attractive to visitors since the 19th century but never developed as a traditional seaside resort. Writing in The Local Historian, Caunce describes it as "an unwitting pioneer of eco-tourism", with visitors attracted by the scenery and in particular Arnside Knott.

Arnside Bore

The Arnside Bore is a tidal bore on the estuary of the River Kent in England, United Kingdom. The bore occurs at high tides, especially spring tides, where the incoming tide of Morecambe Bay narrows into the river estuary, opposite the village of Arnside.

Far Arnside

Far Arnside is a hamlet in Arnside civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England.