Copeland District Cumbria England United Kingdom
54.215741,-3.320922

Kirksanton

Kirksanton is a village on the A5093 road, in the Copeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Nearby settlements include the town of Millom, and the villages of Silecroft and Whicham. In April 2009, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband included Kirksanton in a list of eleven potential new nuclear power plants. The site was ruled out by the new Government's Energy Secretary Chris Huhne in October 2010 when the list of potential sites was reduced to eight, Braystones the only other potential new nuclear site at the time, was subsequently rejected also. The village is located just outside the Lake District National Park.

Distance between:

London to Kirksanton 230 Miles / 371 Kms
Liverpool to Kirksanton 58 Miles / 93 Kms

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