Morecambe Promenade

CRS Code	***
Collected date	10/09/14

Morecambe Promenade was the original name for what became Morecambe's only station after the cuts of the 1960s, and the building came out of railway use when the new Morecambe station opened in the 1990s. However, the old station buildings were retained and now house tourist information, fast food, and a couple of pubs.

The front of the station building seen from the seafront:

The area in front of the station building is pedestrianised, and the front canopy covers the entrance to (some of) the current station occupiers. Looking south along the front of the station building:

The canopy on the front of the station building:

The entrance to the station building underneath the canopy:

Looking up the canopy has ornate ironwork:

Above the canopy in the centre of the station building is a clock:

The south end of the station frontage, looking north with a side entrance on the right:

Somewhat less sympathetic to its surroundings is the KFC bolted on to the side of the station building:

The station building is largely symmetrical, so the north side of the station building is similar to the south, minus the fast food restaurant frontage:

The entrance on the building's north side:

Above the entrance, a Midland Railway monogram:

Following the wall on the left of the north side, we reach another building used by a pub:

Round the back of the side building looking at a courtyard where once tracks and platforms would have been:

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