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Caton works well as a base: 10 minutes from Bolton le Sands, 15km from Trough of Bowland.
Caton is in England, United Kingdom, with about 2,400 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Bolton le Sands, about 6 km away.
Caton railway station served the village of Caton in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England.
The station was located near Ball Lane and Station Road, with the latter crossing the railway on the level immediately to the east. It opened with the line in November 1849, being built by the "Little" NorthRead more
Western Railway. The route was initially constructed as single track, with a passing loop here - the Lancaster to Hornby stretch eventually being doubled by the Midland Railway in 1889.
The station was closed in May 1961 by British Railways as an economy measure, though the line remained in use until closure to passengers in 1966 between Wennington and Morecambe.
Freight services finished the following year in 1967 and the track was subsequently dismantled. The line has since been converted into a footpath and cycleway westwards towards Lancaster, including the two old railway viaducts across the River Lune at Crook o' Lune.
The station house survives as a private residence, whilst the old goods shed is now a church. The old formation eastwards is still visible from nearby roads and can be traced via satellite photos.
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Within an hour or so of Caton: Trough of Bowland (15 km), Ingleton Waterfalls Trail (19 km), Ingleborough and Gaping Gill (23 km), Whernside (26 km).
The nearest famous roads are Trough of Bowland, A684 Wensleydale (Sedbergh to Leyburn) and Corney Fell Road.
Caton is in England, United Kingdom, about 6 km from Bolton le Sands.
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famous road
Remote moorland pass through the Forest of Bowland linking Lancaster and Dunsop Bridge, following the route the Pendle witches were marched to trial in 1612. Sweeping single-carriageway bends with barely a building in sight.
15 km · about 30 min drive
waterfall
A 4.5-mile paid circular walk through wooded gorges past a chain of waterfalls including Thornton Force and Pecca Falls.
19 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
One of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, riddled with caves including Gaping Gill, whose 98m shaft could hold York Minster.
23 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The highest point in Yorkshire at 736 m, forming the long whaleback ridge above Ribblehead Viaduct.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Magnificent Victorian railway viaduct with 24 arches striding across the bleak moorland of the Yorkshire Dales, an engineering marvel of the 1870s.
27 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Riverside museum at Backbarrow with 30,000 exhibits including 140 classic vehicles and a dedicated exhibition on the Campbells' Bluebird land and water speed record machines.
27 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The most distinctive of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, a 694 m stepped ridge above Horton in Ribblesdale.
32 km · about 35 min drive
film location
Beatrix Potter's farmhouse in the Lake District, used in Miss Potter and the source of her illustrated landscapes.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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