Morecambe occurs as resort town in the Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. When of 2003 it has a resident people of astir 45,000. It faces into Morecambe Bay.

Around 1889 the small towns of Bare, Poulton-le-Sands and Torrisholme collectively became known as Morecambe, & people areas of Morecambe come however known by their original list.

Morecambe has experienced the gallant history as a thriving seaside resort in the mid-twentieth century. Between 1956 and 1989 it was the front yard of the Miss Great Britain beauty contest.

Notwithstanding, Morecambe has suffered the decline within recent years. It another time experienced ii piers - Central Pier & West Pier, however each come today no more. Around 1994, The World of Crinkley Bottom attraction within Happy Mount Park closed merely Xiii weeks when its opening. A following 'Blobbygate' scandal led to the legal battle between Lancaster City Council and TV star Noel Edmonds. A closures of Bubbles, Morecambe's indoor waterworld, & Frontierland, its Pleasure Beach, shortly followed.

A resort so gained a dubious distinction of existence set third in the October 2003 book Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places to Live in the UK.

Morecambe is house to the Interior hotel, an crucial art deco luxury hotel which still contains pieces by notability like Eric Gill. These are presently undergoing the £7m restoration, headed by Manchester company Urban Splash. A company intends to restore a hotel to its previous glory & open it for business around 2006. This would include freshly additions such an outdoor floating pool when shown in the buildings newly project.

An additional far-famed landmark is the part renovated Victorithe Pavillion otherwise popularly called Morecambe Winter Gardens which was another time the venue for playing baths, gr& theatre, eating place & dance hall and possibly became a expert instruction camp at various days within it's life.

Morecambe railway station, which serves the town is the terminus of the Morecambe Branch Line from Lancaster. Occasional trains reverse at Morecambe, continuing to Heysham, where it attach using a ferry service to the Isle of Man. There exists an additional station at Bare Lane, serving the suburbia of Bare. Services come operated by Northern Rail.

Recent touristry initiatives use at times processed Morecambe the centre for bird watchers with a Tern Design enhancing the resorts heritage linked to the extensive natural landscape of the Morecambe Bay & diverse wildlife. Morecambe likewise has the statue commemorating one of its best known sons Eric Morecambe.

A town is in the Morecambe and Lunesdale parliamentary constituency.

View likewise: Eric Morecambe Thora Hird

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