Overton, Lancashire

Overton
St Helen's Church
Overton Overton shown within Lancashire
Population	1,069 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD436580
Civil parish	Overton
District	Lancaster
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MORECAMBE
Postcode district	LA3
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Morecambe and Lunesdale
List of places UK England Lancashire

Overton is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, south west of Lancaster and south of Morecambe between Heysham and the estuary of the River Lune. Neighbouring villages include Middleton and Sunderland Point; Glasson is on the opposite side of the river. The parish had a population of 1,069 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name, stretching to Middleton and the surrounding area, had a population of 2,414 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

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Cities & towns

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Parishes

Topography

Arnside and Silverdale AONB Forest of Bowland AONB

Footpaths	Lancashire Coastal Way Lancashire Witches Walk

Hills	Clougha Pike Gragareth Green Hill Grit Fell Hawthornthwaite Fell Leck Fell Ward's Stone Warton Crag White Hill Wolfhole Crag

Rivers	Cocker Conder Greta Grizedale Hindburn Keer Lune Roeburn Wenning Wyre

Other waterways	Artle Beck Lancaster Canal Leck Beck

Ceremonial county of Lancashire

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Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool

Boroughs or districts	City of Lancaster City of Preston Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Pendle Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Major settlements	Accrington Adlington Bacup Barnoldswick Blackburn Blackpool Brierfield Burnley Carnforth Chorley Cleveleys Clitheroe Colne Darwen Earby Fleetwood Fulwood Garstang Great Harwood Haslingden Kirkham Lancaster Leyland Longridge Lytham St Annes Morecambe Nelson Ormskirk Padiham Penwortham Poulton-le-Fylde Preesall Preston Rawtenstall Rishton Skelmersdale Waterfoot Wesham Whitworth See also: List of civil parishes in Lancashire

Rivers	Calder Darwen Douglas Hodder Irwell Lune Ribble Wyre

Canals	Lancaster Leeds and Liverpool

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