SUNDERLAND POINT

Sunderland Point is a small village and resides between the River Lune and Morecambe Bay in the city of Lancaster in Lancashire, with a population of less than 100.   The area is surrounded by creeks and marshes where beautiful views can be enjoyed over the River...

MORECAMBE

Morecambe is a seaside town in the City of Lancaster, Lancashire. Morecambe itself stretches from the south west coast of Cumbria to Fleetwood, Lancashire, taking in other coastal towns of Grange over Sands and Heysham. The headlands of the Bay offer beautiful,...

How do I get Freeview on my TV without an aerial?

Freeview is the platform by which TV channels such as the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 & 5 plus many more can be view in real time. Normally, these would be received via an aerial that sends the signal down a cable into the television. The television would be tuned into...

Glasson Dock

Glasson Dock, or Glasson as it is also known, is a village in Lancashire, south of Lancaster and close to the River Lune.  It has a small population of around 600 people. Glasson was originally a small farming and fishing village but in 1779 the Lancaster Port...

Does a TV aerial need to be on a roof?

With many new build homes, it is part of the agreement that TV aerials are set up within the loft. However, there may be plenty of neighbouring properties with their antenna on the chimney stack or fixed to an outside wall or gable end. Why is this? Firstly, TV...

Carnforth

Carnforth is a market town and civil parish located in the City of Lancaster, Lancashire and is situated 5 miles north of Morecambe and Lancaster. The name may have come from its old function as a ford of the River Keer on which it is sited.  It is thought that over...

Can you install a TV aerial yourself?

Ok, well this is kind of an open ended question, since it depends on many different factors. What one person may imagine entails fitting an aerial compared to another may be poles apart. So, in order to answer this questions as best as possible, we need to set some...

Bolton-le-Sands

Bolton-le-Sands is a large village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire.  The parish has a population of over 4000. The West Coast Mainline runs close to the village, although the railway station closed in 1969.  There are 3 pubs in the village, one...

ALDCLIFFE

Aldcliffe is a small Hamlet, 1.5 miles south west of the City of Lancaster and located on the east bank of the River Lune.  The name can be split into two, Ald which means old and clif meaning high ground, and traditionally would have been pronounced “Awcliffe”. We...

Whitestake

Whitestake is a village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the boundary between Longton and Farington parishes, and is located at the westernmost tip of the Preston metropolitan area. Its population is just under four thousand, and is...