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Welcome to the Slyne with Hest Parish Plan website. The site has been developed to inform residents about the plan (published in January 2006) and provide a means of receiving feedback on the content of the plan. Please feel free to browse the various sections of the site and use the "Have Your Say" section to let us know what you think about the plan.
Following production of the Parish Plan in January 2006, a Village Design Statement (VDS) was produced by the Chairman John Stelfox. The VDS was printed in October 2006 and focuses on the natural and built environment of the Parish. The VDS was completed in partnership with the Planning Department at Lancaster City Council. A copy can be read on the VDS page of this web site.
Introduction to the Parish
The Parish of Slyne-with-Hest is situated in the north western part of Lancashire in Lancaster District. The parish shares its Southern boundary with the City of Lancaster. Part of the Western boundary is the coast of Morecambe Bay.
The Parish is traversed by the A6 north from Lancaster, by the west coast main line railway and by the Preston to Kendal canal.
Hest Bank was an important starting/finishing point for the route across the treachourous Morecambe Sands and was used by monks travelling to Barrow as far back as the 12th century. The villages of Slyne and Hest amalgamated in the 1950's with the construction of new houses between the settlements. Housing styles range from stone buildings (some listed), a conservation area in Slyne and numerous 20th century dwellings There are a number of outlying dwellings and small collections of houses in the farmland around the outskirts of the main residential area.
The parish contains a primary school, residential college, three public houses and various recreational facilities. There are two Post Offices, a few shops and small businesses.
The resident population of Slyne-with-Hest, as measured in the 2001 Census, was 4,199 of which 47% were male and 53% were female. There were 1,344 households in Slyne with Hest, in 2001.The census shows that the village has a lower proportion of young people, aged less than 30 years than Lancaster and England and Wales. In contrast the village has a greater proportion of residents aged 60 years and more. 21% of the population suffured from a limiting long term illness. Unemployment and crime are relatively low. There is high car and home car ownership.
