Retail Clearance in Halton

Halton sits three miles east of Lancaster on the north bank of the River Lune, in the Halton-with-Aughton parish which recorded 2,277 residents at the 2011 census.

The village is mostly modern housing with a number of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century buildings scattered among it. Those two are quite different jobs: modern stock gives driveways and room to load, while the older buildings bring low beams, narrow doorways and stairs built centuries before modern furniture. The road name tells us more than the postcode.

The river crossing is the thing to plan around. The old toll bridge, built in 1849, rebuilt in 1869 and again in 1913, was restored after the railway closed in 1966 and now carries pedestrians, cyclists and small vehicles free of charge — but it is not a route for a large van, so which bank you are on matters.

The village sits on the edge of the Heysham to M6 link road, which makes the wider approach straightforward. Aughton, the hamlet at the eastern end of the parish, is reached on narrower lanes.