North Euston Hotel
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North Euston Hotel
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 27 Sep 2013
The North Euston Hotel, a fine semi-circular building, was built in 1841 to a design by Decimus Burton. It overlooks Morecambe Bay and the estuary of the River Wyre. The hotel was close to the departure point for the steamers to Scotland and was built principally to serve overnight guests making the railway journey from London Euston. At the time it was thought that a rail route could not be built through the Cumbrian fells. The passengers would start from Euston Station in London, so this would be 'North Euston'. By 1850 the line to Scotland had opened. In 1859 the hotel was sold to the Government as a School of Musketry for the military. Forty years later it resumed its role as a major hotel and is currently owned by a consortium of local families On the right is the Lower Lighthouse Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.927755
Longitude
-3.00889
