Anthorn

Anthorn
Former chapel, Anthorn
Anthorn
Anthorn shown within Cumbria
Population	235  (2001 census)
OS grid reference	NY195585
Civil parish	Bowness-on-Solway
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wigton
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	016973
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Penrith and the Border
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°54′53″N 3°15′26″W / 54.914689°N 3.257294°W / 54.914689; -3.257294Coordinates: 54°54′53″N 3°15′26″W / 54.914689°N 3.257294°W / 54.914689; -3.257294

Anthorn (pronounced /ˈænθɔːrn/ AN-thorn) is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated on the south side of the Solway Firth, on the Wampool estuary, about thirteen miles west of Carlisle. It is the location of the Anthorn radio station, broadcasting specialised low frequency signals for timekeeping and navigation.

Originally no more than a cluster of cottages and small farms on the shore, the village increased in size and importance in 1942, when an existing First World War landing strip was developed as HMS Nuthatch, a Royal Naval Air Station. The station closed in 1958, leaving only its powerful transmitter, but the associated housing development, larger than the original village itself and about a kilometre to the east, remains.

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