Ravenstown

Ravenstown is also a nickname for Baltimore, Maryland.

Ravenstown
Ravenstown Location in South Lakeland Ravenstown Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	SD360753
Civil parish	Lower Holker
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Postcode district	LA11
Dialling code	015395
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale

Ravenstown is a settlement in the Lower Holker parish of the Cartmel Peninsula in Cumbria, England.[1] The village is mostly a housing estate which was built during First World war to serve a new airship station built in the area. Ravenstown lies south of the larger village of Flookburgh and was historically part of Lancashire.

History

Ravenstown was built to serve an airship station for Vickers of Barrow-in-Furness after it was decided that Walney Airfield was deemed too vulnerable to attack from German U-boat attack so a new Airship station was constructed on a site which is now Cark Airfield.

A new village was needed to house the workers at the new airship station which was originally named Flookburgh Model Aero Village which is now Ravenstown in which construction of 250 houses started on 27 March 1917.[2] The roads are named after World War I battles such as Somme and Jutland.

Transport

The main road running in and out of Ravenstown is Winder Lane which runs from Flookburgh and the village has an unmarked bus stop which is served by routes 530, 531 and 532.

The Furness Line runs close to Ravenstown and there is a station located in nearby Cark called Cark and Cartmel railway station.

Cark Airfield is located near to Ravenstown which is a small airfield for general aviation, the nearest airport with scheduled flights is Blackpool International Airport.

Governance

Ravenstown is part of the Lower Holker Civil Parish.

Ravenstown was originally part of Ulverston Rural District until 1960 when it was replaced with North Lonsdale Rural District. In 1974 Ravenstown became part of the newly formed district of South Lakeland, inside South Lakeland Ravenstown is part of the Holker ward and is represented by the Liberal Democrat Gill Gardner.[3]

Originally Ravenstown was part of Lancashire before it was transferred to the new county of Cumbria in 1974. Inside Cumbria Ravenstown is part of the Cartmel ward and is represented by the Liberal Democrat Rod Wilson.

Ravenstown is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale Constituency whose member of parliament is Tim Farron of the Liberal Democrats. Prior to Brexit in 2020 it was part of the North West England constituency in the European Parliament.

Media

The local newspapers covering Ravenstown are the North-West Evening Mail, The Westmorland Gazette and the free Grange Now.

The BBC Local Radio station covering Ravenstown is BBC Radio Cumbria and the Independent Local Radio station is Lakeland Radio. Ravenstown is covered by BBC North West and ITV Granada Regions.

References

1. Cartmel Peninsula, Ravenstown Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Village Histories - Ravenstown". Cartmel Peninsular. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
3. "Cllr Gill Gardner". South Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 18 July 2012.