Grange is a lovely, traditional, small Cumbrian town on the Cartmel Peninsula with the sea at its front and the Lakeland Fells at its back. It's a quiet, gentle spot, an ideal base for walking or touring, or for having a relaxing holiday without moving too far away. Although a northerly English town, the climate is mild, feeling the benefit of the Gulf Stream - even palm trees grow here! When the tide is out you will see where the town's name came from - 100 square miles of sands stretching across Morecambe Bay. You can walk the eight mile direct route to Hest Bank near Morecambe across the sands, but because of quicksands and the tides, it must not be attempted without a Sands Guide. This used to be the main way from Lancashire to Grange and the towns beyond, and in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries a regular stage coach used to run. The coming of the Furness Railway in 1846 via a bridge across the water at Arnside put an end to this and started to bring more people into Grange. It became a popular holiday resort in the late part of the last century and in this century and up until the early 1960s when the British started going abroad.

Today the town is crisp and clean with good amenities. It really is unspoiled, the shops on Main Street's rising slope, don't look much different from the way they did thirty years, perhaps fifty years ago - because they have been well cared for. This is not a high street full of chain stores like so many. There is no modern shopping centre here - but everything you could need is here, supplied by local businesses. And take the time to visit the Tourist Information Centre at the lower end of Main Street - they have lots of information about Grange and the surrounding areas. They're helpful - personal service again - and will enable you to really make the best of your stay. At the top of Main Street, stands the impressive Town Clock, donated by a local resident earlier in the century with the attractive church gardens nearby. Further along towards Kents Bank there are more gardens and the attractive band stand.