{{Short description|Village in Lancashire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name= Chimney near Browns Houses - geograph.org.uk - 952458.jpg |static_image_width= 240 |static_image_caption= Chimney near Jenny Brown's Point | official_name=Silverdale | population = 1,519 | population_ref = ''(2011)'' | area_total_km2 = 12.41 || area_footnotes = <ref name=nomis2011-parish>{{NOMIS2011|title=Silverdale Parish|id=1170215054|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> | country= England | os_grid_reference= SD460749 | london_distance= | coordinates= {{coord|54.167|-2.827|display=inline,title}} | civil_parish= Silverdale | shire_district= Lancaster | shire_county= Lancashire | region= North West England | post_town= CARNFORTH | postcode_area= LA | postcode_district= LA5 | dial_code= 01524 | map_type= Lancashire | constituency_westminster= Morecambe & Lunesdale | pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Lancaster#United Kingdom Morecambe Bay | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the City of Lancaster district##Location on Morecambe Bay }}
'''Silverdale''' is a village and civil parish within the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. The village stands on Morecambe Bay, near the border with Cumbria, {{convert|4.5|mi|km|0}} north west of Carnforth and {{convert|8.5|mi|km|0}} of Lancaster. The parish had a population of 1,599 in the 2021 census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=[Map of parishes showing 2021 census data]|url=https://council.lancashire.gov.uk/documents/s219467/Appendix%20E.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=19 March 2026|website=Lancashire County Council}}</ref>
Silverdale forms part of the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape (formerly AONB). The RSPB's Leighton Moss nature reserve is close to the village train station.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leighton Moss|url=http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/leightonmoss/index.aspx|work=RSPB|access-date=13 June 2010|archive-date=6 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606081806/http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/leightonmoss/index.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The National Trust owns several pieces of land in the area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arnside and Silverdale|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/arnside-and-silverdale/|work=National Trust|access-date=20 November 2014|archive-date=19 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119214118/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/arnside-and-silverdale/|url-status=live}}</ref> The former Tarmac-owned Trowbarrow quarry is now a SSSI and popular climbing location.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lancashirewildlife.org.uk/leaflets/trowbarrowleaflet.pdf | title=Trowbarrow: the history, geology, wild life and rock climbs of Trowbarrow | author=Arnside and Silverdale AONB Countryside Management Service | pages=22 | access-date=18 February 2013 | archive-date=22 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222012246/http://www.lancashirewildlife.org.uk/leaflets/trowbarrowleaflet.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> The Lancashire Coastal Way footpath goes from Silverdale to Freckleton, and the Cumbria Coastal Way from Silverdale to Gretna.
==Governance== Silverdale is in the UK Parliamentary Constituency of Morecambe and Lunesdale, represented since 2024 by Lizzi Collinge (Labour), who defeated the previous incumbent, Conservative David Morris in the 2024 general election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Morecambe and Lunesdale - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001372 |website=BBC News |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref>
Before Brexit, it was in the North West England European Parliamentary Constituency.
Silverdale has a parish council, the lowest level of local government. In May 2023, six parish councillors were elected unopposed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notice of uncontested election: Election of Parish Councillors for Silverdale Parish Council on Thursday 4 May 2023 |url=https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/assets/attach/11779/PARISH-Notice-of-Uncontested-Election-Silverdale.pdf |publisher=Lancaster City Council |access-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425185624/https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/assets/attach/11779/PARISH-Notice-of-Uncontested-Election-Silverdale.pdf |archive-date=25 April 2023}}</ref>
The village is in the non-metropolitan district of the City of Lancaster. The Silverdale ward includes the parishes of Yealand Conyers and Yealand Redmayne and has a total population of 2,035.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/silverdale-e05005241#sthash.nCwrHKJE.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=8 June 2015|archive-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707140234/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/silverdale-e05005241#sthash.nCwrHKJE.dpbs|url-status=live}}</ref> On Lancaster City Council it is represented by one Liberal Democrat councillor, elected for a four-year term in May 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Local Election Results |url=https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/voting-and-elections/2023-local-election-results |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=15 October 2023 |publisher=Lancaster City Council}}</ref>
Silverdale is in the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire. On Lancashire County Council it forms part of Lancaster Rural North electoral division, and is represented by one Reform UK councillor elected for a four-year term in May 2025.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/voting-and-elections/local-election-results-2025 |title=Local election results 2025| publisher=Lancaster City Council|access-date= 3 May 2025}}</ref> It was previously in Lancaster Rural District until its abolition in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.<ref name="vision-lrd">{{cite web |title=Lancaster RD: Relationships and changes |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10153761 |website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305194617/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10153761 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Geography== '''Nearby towns and cities:''' Lancaster, Carnforth, Kendal, Grange-over-Sands
'''Nearby villages:''' Arnside, Warton, Yealand Conyers, Yealand Redmayne, Yealand Storrs
===Protected areas=== Silverdale is within the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape (formerly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or AONB). The parish includes several Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), including: Eaves Wood,<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Natural England| title=Eaves Wood SSSI citation | url={{sssi link|1001525}} | access-date=17 February 2014 }}</ref> Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve,<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Natural England| title=Gait Barrows SSSI citation | url={{sssi link|1003527}} | access-date=17 February 2014 }}</ref> Hawes Water<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Natural England| title=Hawes Water SSSI citation | url={{sssi link|1001594}} | access-date=17 February 2014 }}</ref> (not to be confused with Haweswater reservoir in Cumbria), Jack Scout,<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Natural England| title=Jack Scout SSSI citation | url={{sssi link|1005902}} | access-date=17 February 2014 }}</ref> Leighton Moss,<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Natural England| title=Leighton Moss SSSI citation | url={{sssi link|1001669}} | access-date=17 February 2014 }}</ref> Silverdale Golf Course,<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Natural England| title=Silverdale Golf Course SSSI citation | url={{sssi link|2000207}} | access-date=17 February 2014 }}</ref> and Trowbarrow Quarry,<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Natural England| title=Trowbarrow Quarry SSSI citation | url={{sssi link|1000855}} | access-date=17 February 2014 }}</ref> and the whole of Morecambe Bay is also an SSSI.<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Natural England| title=Morecambe Bay SSSI citation | url={{sssi link|1001807}} | access-date=17 February 2014 }}</ref>
===Listed buildings=== {{main|Listed buildings in Silverdale, Lancashire}} There are 20 listed buildings in Silverdale. The parish church<ref name=nhle-church>{{National Heritage List for England |num= 1362446|desc=Church of St John|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> and Slackwood Farmhouse<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1362468|desc=Slackwood Farmhouse|access-date=20 November 2014|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> are grade II* listed, while Lindeth Tower, the Silverdale Hotel, the lime kiln in Bottom's Lane, the chimney or tower at Jenny Brown's Point, twelve houses (four with barns) and two sets of entrance piers are grade II listed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Search the list|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|url=http://list.historicengland.org.uk/advancedsearch.aspx|access-date=30 June 2021 }} ''To see list for the parish, select "Advanced Search", type "Silverdale" in "Parish (Civil/Non-Civil)" box, and select the Lancashire option.''</ref>
==Demography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Census population of Silverdale, Lancashire parish |- ! scope=col width=18%| Census ! scope=col width=18% class="unsortable"| Population ! scope=col width=18% class="unsortable"| Female ! scope=col width=18% class="unsortable"| Male ! scope=col width=18% class="unsortable"| Households ! scope=col width=10% class="unsortable"| Source |- !scope=row| 2001 || 1,545 || 807 || 738 || 687 || <ref name="wikidata-a08218995ada6ed07e35f13524a292a4b6851935-v18">{{Cite web|at=Tables KS001 (Usual resident population) and KS016 (Household spaces and accommodation type)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Key Statistics|access-date=23 June 2025|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2001_ks}}</ref> |- !scope=row| 2011 || 1,519 || 779 || 740 || 696 || <ref name="wikidata-23d93403bbd510e3eaf857bb0207b766770d8bc9-v18">{{Cite web|at=Table KS101EW (Usual resident population) and Table KS105EW (Household composition)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Key Statistics|access-date=23 June 2025|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks}}</ref> |- !scope=row| 2021 || 1,560 || 801 || 759 || 707 || <ref name="wikidata-1777794f031f3bb865bc1ba87bbd53bc9876131c-v18">{{Cite web|publisher=Office for National Statistics|title=Parish Profiles|access-date=5 August 2024|website=2021 United Kingdom census|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp}}</ref> |} The parish had a population of 1,519 recorded in the 2011 census,<ref name="nomis2011-parish" /> This was a slight decrease from the 1,545 recorded in the 2001 census.<ref>{{NOMIS2001|title=Silverdale Parish|id=30UH027|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> The area of the parish is calculated by the Office for National Statistics as {{convert|12.4149|sqkm|sqmi}}, giving a population density in 2011 of {{convert|120|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.
The ONS also identifies "Silverdale built-up area", covering the core of the village but not extending east of Bottoms Lane or south of Lindeth Tower, which has a 2011 population of 1,326, an area of {{convert|1.015|sqkm|sqmi}} and a density of {{convert|1310|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|title=Silverdale built-up area|id=E34003836|access-date=27 June 2021}} ''Includes map identifying the built-up area''</ref>
In 2011 98.9% of the residents of the parish were white and 96.8% born in the United Kingdom. Their average age was 50.9 years and their median age 56, compared to figures for City of Lancaster district of 39.21 and 38 years,<ref name=nomis2011-parish /><ref name=nomisweb2011-lancaster>{{NOMIS2011|title=Lancaster Local Authority|id=E07000121|access-date=28 June 2021}}</ref> and for Lancashire county of 40.5 and 41.<ref name=nomisweb2011-lancashire>{{NOMIS2011|title=Lancashire County|id=E10000017|access-date=26 June 2025}}</ref>
==Culture and community== thumb|upright|The parish church of St John The '''Gaskell Memorial Hall''' in the centre of the village hosts a wide range of activities and events. The Silverdale Village Players<ref>{{cite web | title=Silverdale Village Players | url=http://www.silverdalevillageplayers.org.uk/ | work=Silverdale Village Players website | access-date=21 December 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212090527/http://www.silverdalevillageplayers.org.uk/ | archive-date=12 December 2010 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> perform an annual Pantomime and another production each year, and the Silverdale Handbell Ringers (founded 1906, and formally the Silverdale Church Handbell Ringers) entertain at Christmas. The village has a Women's Institute, affiliated to the "Cumbria-Westmorland" Federation of Women's Institutes although Silverdale was not in Westmorland.<ref>{{cite web|title=Silverdale WI|url=http://silverdalewi.weebly.com|access-date=25 February 2012|archive-date=7 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507095811/http://silverdalewi.weebly.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.thewi.org.uk/become-a-member/structure-of-the-wi/england/cumbria-westmorland/find-a-wi/silverdale | work=National Federation of Women's Institutes | title=Silverdale | access-date=20 November 2014 | archive-date=29 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129061430/http://www.thewi.org.uk/become-a-member/structure-of-the-wi/england/cumbria-westmorland/find-a-wi/silverdale | url-status=live }}</ref>
The '''Silverdale Village Institute''' is a registered charity and provides a building and playing field for public use.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://silverdalevillageinstitute.co.uk|title=Silverdale Village Institute|access-date=4 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190738/http://silverdalevillageinstitute.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013 its committee rejected a proposal for a skatepark on the field.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/community/skatepark-plan-runs-into-village-opposition-1-5616938|title=Skatepark plan runs into village opposition|date=27 April 2013|work=Lancaster Guardian|access-date=17 January 2014|archive-date=26 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426235210/http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/community/skatepark-plan-runs-into-village-opposition-1-5616938|url-status=live}}</ref> The well-attended 2014 AGM saw a silent demonstration by the village's children in support of a skate park, and a major change in committee membership.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/11167077.Silent_protest_over_skatepark_at_Silverdale/|title=Silent protest over skatepark at Silverdale|last=Murphy|first=Tom|date=23 April 2014|work=The Westmorland Gazette|access-date=25 April 2014|archive-date=27 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427005949/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/11167077.Silent_protest_over_skatepark_at_Silverdale/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The annual Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail, when local and visiting artists display their works in many venues in the two villages, takes place each summer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Silverdale and Arnside Art and Craft Trail|url=http://www.silverdalearttrail.co.uk/|access-date=17 May 2012|archive-date=4 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604051155/http://www.silverdalearttrail.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 2012 The Royal Hotel, a public house in a prominent location in the centre of Silverdale, became the subject of a dispute when its new owner announced his intention to use the pub and its gardens as the basis for a residential development. Local opposition led to the original submission being withdrawn. Revised plans were subsequently approved by Lancaster City Council's planning committee<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/community/planners-vote-through-homes-at-hotel-scheme-in-silverdale-1-5967024 | title=Planners vote through 'homes at hotel' scheme in Silverdale | newspaper=Lancaster Guardian | date=19 August 2013 | access-date=23 April 2014 | archive-date=24 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324032651/http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/community/planners-vote-through-homes-at-hotel-scheme-in-silverdale-1-5967024 | url-status=live }}</ref> and in April 2016 a refurbished Royal Hotel opened its doors to trade once again.<ref name="kitchen">{{cite news|last1=Kitchen|first1=Rachel|title=Future looks bright for Silverdale pub after £300,000 investment|url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/14315344.Future_looks_bright_for_Silverdale_pub_after___300_000_investment/|access-date=3 May 2016|work=Westmorland Gazette|date=2 March 2016|archive-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602033041/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/14315344.Future_looks_bright_for_Silverdale_pub_after___300_000_investment/|url-status=live}}</ref>
thumb|The Royal Hotel pictured in January 2014
== Transport == The village is served by nearby Silverdale railway station on the line from Lancaster to Barrow in Furness. The station is {{cvt|1.3|mi}} from the centre of the village by road.<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gaskell+Hall,+17+Emesgate+Ln,+Silverdale,+Carnforth+LA5+0RA/Silverdale,+Carnforth+LA5+0SP/ Google Maps route from Gaskell Hall to station] Retrieved 8 March 2026</ref>
{{As of|March 2026}} the village is served by the 51 bus service run by Stagecoach in Lancaster, Monday to Saturday, which takes a circular route through the village from the railway station to Holgates caravan park at uneven intervals and extends to Carnforth several times a day,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bus Timetables: 51 Carnforth - Silverdale via The Yealands |url=https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/roads-parking-and-travel/public-transport/bus-timetables/bus-timetable-service/?service=LAAO051&direction=3&daysop=0 |website=Lancashire.gov.uk |publisher=Lancashire County Council |access-date=8 March 2026}}</ref> and the 552, a single daily service (Mon-Sat) to Kendal run by Lonsdale Buses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bus Timetables: 552 Carnforth - Kendal via Silverdale, Milnthorpe |url=https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/roads-parking-and-travel/public-transport/bus-timetables/bus-timetable-service/?service=LADO552 |website=Lancashire.gov.uk |publisher=Lancashire County Council |access-date=8 March 2026}}</ref>
==Education== '''Silverdale Primary School''' (full name "Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School")<ref>{{cite web|title=Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=119541&superview=pri|work=Department for Education website|access-date=20 November 2014|archive-date=22 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222053659/http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=119541&superview=pri|url-status=live}}</ref> is housed in a Victorian building with more recent extensions, and has around 80 pupils.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silverdale.lancsngfl.ac.uk/|title=Silverdale C of E Primary School|access-date=13 June 2010|archive-date=23 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623104834/http://www.silverdale.lancsngfl.ac.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was graded "Good" in its 2024 Ofsted report.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/119541|title=Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School|publisher=Ofsted|access-date=25 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> There is no secondary school in the village.
'''Bleasdale School''', formerly Bleasdale House School, is a day special school for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties, with 20 pupils aged 2–19.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bleasdale.lancsngfl.ac.uk/|title=Bleasdale School website|access-date=13 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104103958/http://www.bleasdale.lancsngfl.ac.uk/|archive-date=4 November 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was graded "Outstanding" in its 2024 Ofsted school inspection report<ref>{{cite web|title=Bleasdale School: 119861|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/119861|publisher=Ofsted|access-date=27 May 2025|archive-date=11 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011183100/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/119861|url-status=live}}</ref> and "Outstanding" in its 2022 Ofsted social care inspection report.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bleasdale School: SC058077|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/SC058077|publisher=Ofsted|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021002951/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/SC058077|url-status=live}}</ref>.
The village has a branch library open 20 hours/week.<ref name="library">{{cite web|title=Silverdale library|url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/find-a-library/silverdale-library.aspx|publisher=Lancashire County Council|access-date=3 December 2017|archive-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114554/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/find-a-library/silverdale-library.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Its premises were an outbuilding of Bleasdale School, and were an electrician's shop before becoming a library in the 1960s. The library benefitted from a major refurbishment in December 2011,<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Silverdale|url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/librarydetails/libhist.asp?name=Silverdale|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421193055/http://lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/librarydetails/libhist.asp?name=Silverdale| archive-date=21 April 2007 |work=Lancashire County Council :County Library and Information Service|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Silverdale Library|url=http://new.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/find-a-library/silverdale-library.aspx|publisher=Lancashire County Council|access-date=29 September 2016|archive-date=22 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122112532/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/find-a-library/silverdale-library.aspx}} ''Archived page showing previous library service''</ref> was closed on 29 September 2016 despite protests from the village community,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kitchen|first1=Rachel|title=Silverdale library finally shelved this week as eleventh-hour hopes dashed|url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/14772516.Silverdale_library_finally_shelved_this_week_as_eleventh_hour_hopes_dashed/|access-date=29 September 2016|work=Westmorland Gazette|date=29 September 2016|archive-date=30 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164151/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/14772516.Silverdale_library_finally_shelved_this_week_as_eleventh_hour_hopes_dashed/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Silverdale Library|url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/find-a-library/silverdale-library.aspx|publisher=Lancashire County Council|access-date=29 September 2016|archive-date=25 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925125535/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/find-a-library/silverdale-library.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> and reopened on 1 November 2017.<ref name="garnett">{{cite news|last1=Garnett|first1=Rachel|title=Silverdale celebrates happy ending for library|url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/15633392.Silverdale_celebrates_happy_ending_for_library/|access-date=3 December 2017|work=Westmorland Gazette|date=2 November 2017|archive-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114615/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/15633392.Silverdale_celebrates_happy_ending_for_library/|url-status=live}}</ref> {{clear left}}
==Religious buildings== St John's Church is the Anglican parish church<ref>{{cite web|title=Silverdale, St John|url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/silverdale-st-john/|work=A church near you|access-date=13 June 2010}}</ref> and a Grade II* listed building, built in 1885-86.<ref name=nhle-church /> The Methodist church was also built in the 19th century. Silverdale is within the Anglican Diocese of Blackburn, the Catholic Diocese of Lancaster and the North Lancashire Methodist Circuit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Silverdale|url=http://www.northlancsmethodistcircuit.org.uk/silverdale.htm|work=North Lancashire Methodist Circuit|access-date=20 November 2014|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129053754/http://www.northlancsmethodistcircuit.org.uk/silverdale.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Sport== The village has a bowls club and cricket team. Silverdale golf club, located near the railway station to the east of the village centre, was founded on 10 November 1906 and play started on 6 April 1907. Its original nine-hole course was extended to twelve holes in 1992 and to eighteen holes in 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.silverdalegolfclub.co.uk/the-club-15-c.asp | work=Silverdale Golf Club | title=The Club: History | access-date=20 November 2014 | archive-date=29 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129034500/http://www.silverdalegolfclub.co.uk/the-club-15-c.asp | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Silverdale Hoard== {{main|Silverdale Hoard}}
[[File:Silverdale Hoard.jpg|thumb|Items from the Silverdale Hoard]] In September 2011, a metal detectorist unearthed the Silverdale Hoard, an early-10th-century Viking hoard comprising 201 silver coins, jewellery, ingots and hacksilver that had been buried in a lead container in the vicinity of Silverdale.<ref name="BBC14-12-2011">{{cite news|title=Silverdale Viking hoard examined by British Museum|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-16178699|date=14 December 2011|access-date=14 December 2011|publisher=BBC News|archive-date=15 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215174455/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-16178699|url-status=live}}</ref> The hoard was bought by Lancashire Museums Service, and was displayed in Lancaster City Museum during 2013 and the Museum of Lancashire, Preston, during 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Silverdale Viking Silver Hoard|url=http://collections.lancsmuseums.gov.uk/narratives/narrative.php?irn=591|publisher=Lancashire Museums|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912081545/http://collections.lancsmuseums.gov.uk/narratives/narrative.php?irn=591|url-status=live}}</ref>
==The ''Matchless'' shipwreck== {{main|Matchless (pleasure yacht)}}
On 3 September 1894, the Morecambe pleasure boat ''Matchless'' capsized off Jenny Brown's Point on a trip from Morecambe to Grange-over-Sands. 25 holidaymakers from the industrial towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire drowned, the largest loss of lives in a single incident in Morecambe Bay.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Simon|title=The Matchless tragedy: the Morecambe boating disaster of 1894|date=2013|publisher=Mourholme Local History Society|isbn=978-0-9534298-5-1|page=2}}</ref>
==Leeds Children's Charity {{anchor|Leeds Children's Holiday Camp Association}}== <!-- Please do not change this section heading as it is used for redirects --> The Leeds Children's Charity (LCC) from 1904 to 2016 provided holidays for needy children from Leeds at its Silverdale Holiday Centre, which was to the north of the village centre overlooking Morecambe Bay.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.leedschildrenscharity.org.uk/history.html|work=Leeds Children's Charity|access-date=20 March 2012|archive-date=19 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219055433/http://www.leedschildrenscharity.org.uk/history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> (The centre was actually across the county boundary so in Far Arnside, Cumbria, though very strongly associated with Silverdale). The charity was previously named the Leeds Children's Holiday Camp Association (LCHCA), and earlier the Leeds Poor Children's Holiday Camp Association. In its last years about 275 children each year were brought for a free five-day holiday, sometimes having never left Leeds before and seeing cows in fields for the first time. During their stay, they participated in a range of outdoor and indoor activities. The Association is a registered charity, and each year's Lady Mayoress of Leeds serves as its President. Its patrons include Matthew Lewis, the Leeds-born actor best known as Neville Longbottom in the ''Harry Potter'' films.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patrons|url=http://www.leedschildrenscharity.org.uk/patrons.html|publisher=Leeds Children's Charity|access-date=20 November 2014|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129031943/http://www.leedschildrenscharity.org.uk/patrons.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is supported by donations from individuals and organisations in Leeds and Silverdale and elsewhere.
Frances McNeil has written a history of the Holiday Camp, ''Now I am a Swimmer: Silverdale Holiday Camp, the first 100 years'' (2004).<ref>{{cite book|title=Now I am a swimmer: Silverdale Holiday Camp, the first 100 years | last=McNeil | first=Frances | author-link=Frances McNeil| publisher=Pavan Press | year=2004 | isbn=0-9525547-2-0}}</ref>
In late 2015 it was announced that 2016 would be the final season of children's holidays at the Silverdale centre. The site was sold to the owner of the adjacent Holgates caravan site.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leeds Children's Charity to run one last season at its centre near Silverdale|url=http://www.leedschildrenscharity.org.uk/last-season.html|publisher=Leeds Children's Charity|access-date=3 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320184945/http://leedschildrenscharity.org.uk/last-season.html|archive-date=20 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Leeds Children's Charity offered children holidays instead at Lineham Farm, near Leeds, and by 2021 the charity had merged with the Lineham Farm Trust to form a new charity, Leeds Children's Charity at Lineham Farm.<ref name="lineham">{{cite web |title=Welcome to Lineham Farm |url=http://www.linehamfarm.co.uk/ |publisher=Lineham Farm Trust |access-date=17 January 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101124624/http://www.linehamfarm.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.leedschildrenscharity.org.uk/about-us/history/ |website=Leeds Children's Charity |access-date=29 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{EW charity|num=1177062 | name=Leeds Children's Charity at Lineham Farm}}</ref>
==2025-2026 earthquakes== An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 (earlier reported as 3.4) at a depth of {{cvt|3|km}} at 23:23 on 3 December 2025 had its epicentre just off the coast of Silverdale.<ref name="bgs-2025-12-03">{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 03/12/2025 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20251203232333.html |website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=4 December 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260117072652/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20251203232333.html#page=summary|archive-date=17 January 2026}}</ref> It was reported by local residents as "so powerful it shook the whole house" and feeling "like someone driving into house" but no damage to people or property was recorded.<ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=England earthquake of 3.3 magnitude rattles Lancashire and Lake District |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/04/earthquake-of-33-magnitude-rattles-lancashire-and-lake-district |access-date=4 December 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=4 December 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Earthquake in England 'felt like someone driving into house' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjn8wg53q7o |access-date=4 December 2025 |work=BBC News |date=4 December 2025}}</ref> It was followed by a quake of magnitude 0.8, 1 hour 31 minutes later at 00:54 on 4 December;<ref name=bgs-2025-12-04>{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 04/12/2025 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20251204005336.html#page=summary |website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=21 December 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260117071312/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20251204005336.html#page=summary |archive-date=17 January 2026}}</ref> a quake of magnitude 0.4 at 02:04 on 5 December;<ref name=bgs-1025-12-05>This quake is listed in the BGS searchable database, as "2025-12-05, 02:06:22.6, 54.168, -2.833, 2.6, 0.4, , SILVERDALE,LANCASHIRE", but was not included in the "Earthquakes in and around the UK in the last 60 days", [https://web.archive.org/web/20251231185303/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_uk_events.html archived on 31 December 2025]</ref> a quake of magnitude 2.4, 16 days after the first quake, at 05:03 on 19 December 2025;<ref name=bgs-2025-12-19>{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 19/12/2025 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20251219050148.html#page=summary |website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=21 December 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260212182716/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20251219050148.html#page=summary |archive-date=12 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Boyd |first1=Raphael |title='Radiator rattling' earthquake hits Lancashire village for second time in two weeks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/19/earthquake-hits-lancashire-village-silverdale-second-time-two-weeks |access-date=21 December 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wareing |first1=Dan |title=Lancashire village hit by second earthquake in two weeks |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp39p7382vko |access-date=21 December 2025 |work=BBC News |date=19 December 2025}}</ref> and one of magnitude 0.7 at 11:16 on 29 December, 26 days after the initial quake.<ref name=bgs-2025-12-29>{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 29/12/2025 |url=https://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20251229111612.html#page=summary |website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=1 January 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260212191905/https://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20251229111612.html#page=summary |archive-date=12 February 2026}}</ref> In early 2026 there were several further small quakes, including one of magnitude 2.3 on 13 May. {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Silverdale earthquakes 2025-2026 recorded by the British Geological Survey |- ! Date !! Time !! Magnitude !! Depth (km)!!Note |- | 2025-12-03 || 23:23 || 3.2||3 ||<ref name=bgs-2025-12-03 /> |- | 2025-12-04|| 00:54 || 0.8 ||3 ||<ref name=bgs-2025-12-04 /> |- | 2025-12-05|| 02:06 ||0.4 || 3 || |- | 2025-12-19 || 05:03|| 2.4 || 3||<ref name=bgs-2025-12-19 /> |- | 2025-12-29 || 11:16|| 0.7 ||3 ||<ref name=bgs-2025-12-29 /> |- | 2026-01-13|| 04:38 || 0.7 ||3 ||<ref name="bgs-2026-1-13">{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 13/01/2026 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260113043830.html#page=summary |website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=10 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260212193328/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260113043830.html#page=summary |archive-date=12 February 2026}}</ref> |- | 2026-02-03 || 23:09 || 1.1||3 ||<ref name="bgs-2026-02-03">{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 03/02/2026 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260203230810.html#page=summary|website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=10 February 2026 |archive-date=12 February 2026 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260212193427/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260203230810.html#page=summary}}</ref> |- | 2026-02-10 || 02:10 || 1.2||4 ||<ref name="bgs-2026-02-10">{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 10/02/2026 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260210020859.html#page=summary |website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=10 February 2026 |archive-date=22 March 2026 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260322123956/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260210020859.html#page=summary}}</ref> |- | 2026-02-22 || 10:25 || 1.4||3 ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 22/02/2026 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260222102531.html#page=summary |website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=5 March 2026 |archive-date=22 March 2026 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260322124221/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260222102531.html#page=summary}}</ref> |- | 2026-02-28 || 13:58 || 0.5||3 ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 28/02/2026 13:58 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260228135652.html#page=summary |website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=5 March 2026 |archive-date=22 March 2026 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260322124622/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260228135652.html#page=summary }}</ref> |- | 2026-02-28 || 16:41 || 0.5||3 ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 28/02/2026 16:41 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260228163952.html#page=summary|website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=5 March 2026 |archive-date=22 March 2026 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260322124851/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260228163952.html#page=summary }}</ref> |- | 2026-02-28 || 18:32 || 0.6||3 ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 28/02/2026 18:32 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260228183121.html#page=summary|website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=5 March 2026 |archive-date=22 March 2026 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260322153937/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260228183121.html#page=summary}}</ref> |- | 2026-03-02 || 21:10 || 1.1||4 ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 02/03/2026 21:10 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260302210932.html#page=summary|website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=5 March 2026 |archive-date=22 March 2026 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260322154617/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260302210932.html#page=summary}}</ref> |- | 2026-05-13 || 09:11 || 2.3||3 ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Silverdale, Lancashire: 13/05/2026 09:11 |url=https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260513091119.html#page=summary |website=Earthquake Information |publisher=British Geological Survey |access-date=23 May 2026 |archive-date=23 May 2026 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260523230609/https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20260513091119.html#page=summary}}</ref> |}
==Notable residents== thumb|right|The shore, looking north
* The duo Aquilo, who played on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury Festival 2014, live in the village.<ref name=Guardian13apr29>{{cite news|last1=Brinnand|first1=Emily|title=Aquilo – New Band Up North #24|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2013/apr/29/aquilo-new-band-up-north|access-date=23 June 2014|work=The Guardian|date=29 April 2013|archive-date=14 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814025355/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2013/apr/29/aquilo-new-band-up-north|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Aquilo|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/errnc8/acts/a92q2m|website=Glastonbury|publisher=BBC|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-date=27 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627174016/http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/errnc8/acts/a92q2m|url-status=live}}</ref> * Kyril Bonfiglioli (1928–1985), an art dealer, magazine editor and comic novelist (author of the ''Mortdecai'' novels) lived in Silverdale in the 1960s and featured his home "Yewbarrow" in his books.<ref name=Carey>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/09/20/040920crat_atlarge|title=The Genuine Article: the strange case of Kyril Bonfiglioli|magazine=The New Yorker|date=20 September 2004|last=Carey|first=Leo|access-date=25 October 2018|archive-date=25 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525010408/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/09/20/040920crat_atlarge|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=4 bedroom detached house for sale [Yewbarrow]|url=http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-59894153.html|website=Rightmove|access-date=15 August 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822100424/http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-59894153.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * The English poet Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948) lived in Silverdale, and his visitors there included the artist Paul Nash. * The composer Edward Cowie (born 1943) lived in Silverdale in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=John|title=(Introduction to "What birds know about music" talk by Cowie)|url=http://www.birdtours.co.uk/ldbws/spring2005/welcome.htm|website=Lancaster and District Birdwatching Society|access-date=8 January 2015|date=2005|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923190709/http://www.birdtours.co.uk/ldbws/spring2005/welcome.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * The Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) regularly holidayed in Silverdale and is said to have written some of her works in Lindeth Tower in the village; the Gaskell Memorial Hall in the centre of the village is named after her. * The Yorkshire-born English novelist Willie Riley (1866 - 1961) moved to Silverdale in 1919 and named his house ''Windyridge'', the title of his first novel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Willie Riley|url=http://www.willieriley.org.uk/|website=Willie Riley website|publisher=David M. Copeland|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-date=18 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218190729/http://willieriley.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Comedian Victoria Wood (1953–2016) was formerly a resident of Silverdale.<ref>[http://m.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/9146687.Victoria_Wood_to_open_Potter_Places_Treasure_Trail/?ref=rl Victoria Wood to open Potter Places Treasure Trail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102410/http://m.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/9146687.Victoria_Wood_to_open_Potter_Places_Treasure_Trail/?ref=rl |date=6 October 2014 }}, The Westmorland Gazette, 19 July 2011, Accessed 5 October 2014.</ref> * Emma Atkins (born 1975) is an English actress, known for her role as Charity Dingle in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''.
==Silverdale in popular culture== *The 2006 novel ''Sixpence in her Shoe'' by Frances McNeil is set partly in Silverdale in the 1920s, with particular reference to the Leeds Children's Holiday Camp.<ref>{{cite book |isbn=0-7528-6852-7 | last=McNeil | first=Frances | author-link=Frances McNeil | title=Sixpence in her shoe | date=2006| publisher=Orion | location=London}}</ref> * In October 2013, the BBC Two television natural history series ''Autumnwatch'' was broadcast over four nights from Leighton Moss RSPB reserve at Silverdale.<ref>{{cite web|title=Episode guide 2013|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079t1p/episodes/guide#b03gkvk8|website=Autumnwatch|publisher=BBC Two|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-date=24 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924012917/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079t1p/episodes/guide#b03gkvk8|url-status=live}}</ref> *A model of the village, including the "Pepperpot" (Queen Victoria Jubilee monument) and the village centre, features in Aquilo's 2021 video "Out in LA"; the Gaskell Memorial Hall is lifted away and replaced by the "101 Diner".<ref name="outinla">{{cite web |title=Aquilo - Out in LA (Official Video) | date=23 June 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k19al3QxE_4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/k19al3QxE_4 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube |access-date=27 June 2021 |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==See also== {{portal|Lancashire}} * Listed buildings in Silverdale, Lancashire * Hazelwood Hall
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==Further reading== *{{cite book|last=Booth | first=Paul H. W. | title=Warton in the Middle Ages | publisher= Mourholme Local History Society | isbn=978-0-9534298-1-3 | year=2004}} (Silverdale was in Warton parish) *{{cite book | last=Ireland | first=Rod J.| title=Old Silverdale: the loveliest spot on Morecambe Bay | publisher=Palatine Books | place=Lancaster | date=2016 | isbn=978-1-910837-07-8}} *{{cite book|last=Mourholme Local History Society|title=How it Was: A North Lancashire Parish in the Seventeenth Century|year=1999|publisher=Mourholme Local History Society |isbn=978-0-9534298-0-6|url=https://archive.org/details/howitwasnorthlan0000unse|url-access=registration}} ''Full text available online'' *{{cite book|last=Mourholme Local History Society|title=Warton 1800 – 1850: How a North Lancashire Parish Changed |year=2005|isbn=978-0-9534298-2-0}} *{{cite book|last=Mourholme Local History Society|title=Warton Parish 1850 – 1900: Borwick, Carnforth, Priest Hutton, Silverdale, Warton, Yealands |year=2009|publisher=Mourholme Local History Society |isbn=978-0-9534298-3-7}} *{{citation|chapter=Townships: Silverdale| title=A History of the County of Lancaster | volume= 8 | series=Victoria County History |year=1914 | pages= 180–182| chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53292|access-date= 12 July 2010}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Silverdale, Lancashire}} *[https://silverdalelancashire.uk/ Silverdale Village website] *[http://www.silverdale-pc-lancs.gov.uk Silverdale Parish Council] *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Silverdale/ Silverdale], GENUKI article with historical and genealogical resources *[http://silverdalevillageinstitute.co.uk/ Silverdale Village Institute] *{{EW charity|num=1014665|name=Silverdale Village Institute}} *[http://gaskellhall-silverdale.co.uk The Gaskell Memorial Hall] *{{EW charity|num=225842 |name=Gaskell Memorial Village Hall}}
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