Country: | England |
Static Image: | St Thomas, Crosscrake, Cumbria - geograph.org.uk - 937608.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St. Thomas' Church, Crosscrake |
Coordinates: | 54.277°N -2.731°W |
Official Name: | Crosscrake |
Civil Parish: | Stainton |
Shire District: | South Lakeland |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Post Town: | Kendal |
Postcode District: | LA8 |
Postcode Area: | LA |
Dial Code: | 015395 |
Os Grid Reference: | SD523870 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom South Lakeland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South Lakeland |
Crosscrake is a village in Cumbria, just off the M6 Junction 36 in North West of England. It is located just South of Kendal on the A6, between the villages/hamlets Stainton, Sedgwick and Barrows Green.
Crosscrake is a parish in the Kendal ward. Formerly, it was part of Heversham Parish. It is a small, rural village with a school (Crosscrake C of E School) and a church, St. Thomas', Crosscrake.
St. Thomas' Church was built by Paley and Austin in 1875 of square slate blocks. It was built in the style of the 12th century to 13th century. It has a nave, a chancel and transepts. It also has two stained glass windows, with the eastern facing one being made by Clayton and Bell.