This cache is not at the published location. In order to discover its location you will need to undertake a journey of discovery around the village of Arnside.
Displayed on this page you will find a collection of photographs of things you may encounter while walking around the village. In order to find the cache, you will need to visit the eight locations listed below as waypoints and identify which of the photographs where taken at each location. In each case you are looking for the photograph of the closest item to the listed coordinates for each waypoint location. You can then use the numbers printed on each photograph to decode the coordinates of the hiding place.
Location A: Arnside Parish Church (N 54° 12.111 W 002° 49.881)
Arnside Parish Church is dedicated to St James (though it isn't clear which St James!) Until 1888, there was no church in Arnside. Residents of the village worshipped in Beetham and when they died they were carried along the Coffin Route for burial there. The earliest part of the present building wast started in 1884. It was consecrated in 1866 as a chapel in the Beetham parish until Arnside became a parish in its own right in 1876. The church building was extended in 1884, and again in 1905, and again in 1914 by the prolific Lancaster architects Austin and Paley. The stained glass in the east window dates from 1880 and there are several other more recent windows. The pipe organ was built around 1920. The church is open most days and is interesting to explore as the bolt-on approach to its architecture has led to an interesting shape. A = Photo No __
Location B: Arnside Pier (N 54° 12.150 W 002° 50.115)
There have been two piers at Arnside. The first was built in 1857 for ships to moor up at as they could no longer go up-river to Milnthorpe because of the railway viaduct! The pier didn't work for long as the viaduct caused the estuary to silt up. The pier was destroyed by a storm in 1984 and was rebuilt by public subscription in its current form. The remains of the original pier can still be seen on the foreshore adjacent to the current pier, which serves as an ideal place to enjoy views of the estuary and for social events for the village. In 2012 it was closed for three weeks so that a pipe could be installed underneath it as part of an improvement programme for the Kent Estuary to clean up the coastline and improve water quality. Large sections of salt marsh were removed for safe-keeping during the work and then replaced and the marsh is now totally regenerated. B = Photo No __
Location C: Arnside Station (N 54° 12.146 W 002° 49.691)
Arnside railway station is on the Furness Line from Barrow to Lancaster, a route made possible by the building of the 50-span viaduct which is about 500m long. The station was opened in 1858 by the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway Company and became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. A short branch line to Sandside and Hincaster Junction on the West Coast Main Line once diverged from the main line here, which carried a Grange-over-Sands to Kendal service from 1876 until 1942 and was also used by mineral trains from County Durham to the Barrow-in-Furness area. Local freight traffic continued as far as Sandside until final closure of the line in 1972. The disused platform face and trackbed is still visible behind the southbound platform. Nowadays you can board trains for all stations between Lancaster and Barrow, with some continuing to Sellafield or Carlisle via the Cumbrian Coast line north and to Preston and Manchester Airport south. On weekdays there are trains about once an hour, with a 2-hourly service on Sundays. C = Photo No __
Location D: Arnside Coastguard Station (N 54° 11.960 W 002° 50.479)
Arnside sits on the estuary of the River Kent. At each high tide, the shore at Arnside is subject to very fast-rising water levels. The cause is a combination of the large area of Morecambe Bay, narrowing rapidly at Arnside, and the very high tidal range (as much as 10 metres) which exists at Barrow-in-Furness. This may generate a tidal bore as high as 30 cm. Because of the potential danger to pedestrians (and cars parked on the foreshore), a siren is located at the Coastguard station to give an audible warning before every high tide during daylight hours. The siren sounds about 2 hours 15 minutes before high tide, again 30 minutes later, and again about 1 hour 15 minutes before high tide - when the incoming tide is just visible from the Coastguard Station. Nearby you will also find one of Arnside's numbered fingerposts, recently restored to its original splendour! D = Photo No __
Location E: Arnside Educational Institute (N 54° 12.106 W 002° 50.019)
Arnside Educational Institute was established in 1873 and is a village hall with a number of rooms available to hire. It is used on a weekly by many local groups and also hosts entertainment events. In September 2016 a new extension was opened which now houses the village's library, which was previously not very accessible to disabled users. The new facility provides a modern, welcoming space, with good disabled access and a children’s area, and is open 6 days a week. E = Photo No __
Location F: Women's Institute and Village Hall (N 54° 12.021 W 002° 49.989)
The Arnside Women's Institute and Village Hall is a village hall which can be hired by groups from the village. Arnside Women’s Institute (one of the oldest in England) began in 1919 with 26 members. Early meetings were held in various homes and venues. Eventually a plot of land was bought and the hall was completed in 1928. From the outset the hall was to be called ‘The Arnside Women’s Institute and Village Hall’ so that it was clear that it was to be available for use by the village. At one time the Institute had well over a hundred members. The minutes books through the decades are stored in the county archives in Kendal and make fascinating reading. In 1980 Arnside Knott WI was formed by a group of women who preferred to meet in the evenings. The two W.I.s continued alongside each other for more then thirty years but in 2013 they combined to form Arnside and Arnside Knott WI. F = Photo No __
Location G: Ashmeadow Gardens' War Memorial (N 54° 11.970 W 002° 50.346)
The building now known as Ashmeadow House dates from about 1815, having been developed by William Berry, a wealthy business with interests in the Kent Estuary shipping trade. He bought the house for £68 18s 9d. There is sparse information about the site prior to this date, but it is believed to have been occupied by an 18th century dwelling house and inn, notorious as a smugglers' retreat. The current house is owned by the Crossfield Housing Society but the grounds remain in the care of the Barnes Charitable Trust. In 2006, the grounds were opened up for the enjoyment of the general public and offer a delightful contrast to the busier parts of Arnside nearby.
In the Ashmeadow woodlands is a memorial to men who lost their lives in the two World Wars. The memorial is a stone of remembrance, which was professionally refurbished in 2015, and all of the inscription is clear. The garden around is maintained as a wild flower area. G = Photo No __
Location H: Richard Moberley Clayton Grosvenor Memorial Drinking Fountain (N 54° 12.101 W 002° 50.132)
This ornate drinking fountain which stands opposite the Albion Inn is a memorial to Richard Moberley Clayton Grosvenor, who died of appendicitis at the age of four. The memorial was erected by his grandparents. It is not clear whether Richard, or Dick as he was called, was related to the Grosvenors who are the Dukes of Westminster, nor why he has the name Moberley. It seems likely that he was the son of William Clayton Grosvenor of Hungersheath, Arnside, who was a doctor and the son of Grosvenors in Scotland. Whether these were the grieving grandparents isn't clear. H = Photo No __
Once you have ventured All About Arnside, and have decoded each of the location values, you will find the cache at N 54° 1A.BCD' W 002° 5E.FGH'. This location is on a public footpath not far from one of the waypoints. Hopefully, you'll have picked the right waypoint(s) to finish with...