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Morecambe Harbour railway station was on the "little" North Western Railway's Morecambe Harbour and Railway in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It was opened in 1848 and closed in 1904. The line remained open to serve the harbour until an unknown date. Today the station building still exists as a cafe.
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Stone Jetty
The Stone Jetty is a jetty in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It was built by the North Western Railway in 1853 as a wharf and rail terminal for both passenger and cargo transport. The former station building with adjoining lighthouse stand on the jetty and are Grade II-listed. The jetty was resurfaced and partly rebuilt in the 1990s as part of coastal defence works, which was combined with the installation of public art and sculptures.
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Midland Hotel, Morecambe
The Midland Hotel is a Streamline Moderne building in Morecambe, Lancashire, England. It was built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), in 1933, to the designs of architect Oliver Hill, with sculpture by Eric Gill, and murals by Eric Ravilious (subsequently destroyed). It is a Grade II* listed building. The hotel has been restored by Urban Splash with architects Union North, Northwest Regional Development Agency and Lancaster City Council.
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North Western Hotel, Morecambe
The North Western Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, was built in 1847–48. It was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin for the "Little" North Western Railway. Including furnishings, it cost £4,795 (equivalent to £600,000 in 2023). It was a two-storey building containing 40 bedrooms. In 1871, when the railway became part of the Midland Railway, its name was changed to the Midland Hotel. It was demolished and replaced by a new hotel, also called the Midland Hotel, in 1932.
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Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial
The Morecambe and Heysham War Memorial stands on the Promenade at Morecambe, Lancashire, England.
It has two inscriptions in black lettering, after which are listed the names of those remembered
The memorial remembers the 216 men who died in the First World War, the 180 in the Second World War and the single man
who was killed in the Korean War.
The war memorial, made of bronze and granite, was completed in 1921 and designed by Thomas Hayton Mawson. A bronze lion sits atop a stepped base. On 20 January 1993 the monument was registered as a Grade II structure at British Listed Buildings.