Early 20th century postcard of Beetham

The main road into Beetham before the A6 road development

Beetham is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, situated on the border with Lancashire. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Boundaries and divisions Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea It is part of the Arnside and Silverdale AONB. Arnside and Silverdale is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England on the border between Lancashire and Cumbria, adjoining

Points of interest include:

• The Church of St Michael and All Angels, parts of which date from the 12th century.
• The Heron Corn Mill, a working watermill and active arts and education center. This article is about a type of structure For other locational uses see Milldam.
• The Fairy Steps, a natural staircase in a limestone crag. Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3
• A small shrine to Saint Lioba (or Leoba), built into a stone wall in the nearby hamlet of Slackhead. Leoba (also Lioba and Leofgyth) (c 710 - September 28, 782) was an Anglo-Saxon Nun who was part of Boniface

Geography

• Map sources for Beetham

External links

• Beetham Village website
• Cumbria Directory listing page
• Heron Corn Mill
• Heron Theatre
• The Wheatsheaf at Beetham