Oxenholme should not be confused with Oxenhope.
| Static Image Name: | Station Inn, Oxenholme (geograph 2162859).jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Station Inn, Oxenholme |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Oxenholme |
| Coordinates: | 54.3016°N -2.7237°W |
| Civil Parish: | Kendal |
| Shire District: | South Lakeland |
| Shire County: | Cumbria |
| Region: | North West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Westmorland and Lonsdale |
| Post Town: | KENDAL |
| Postcode District: | LA9 |
| Postcode Area: | LA |
| Dial Code: | 01539 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SD530898 |
Oxenholme is a village in England just south of the town of Kendal, with which it has begun to merge. It is best known for Oxenholme Lake District railway station on the West Coast Main Line. By strict English definition, Oxenholme is a hamlet rather than a village, as it does not have a church.
Oxenholme station opened in 1847 as Kendal Junction and was renamed Oxenholme in 1860. The village grew around the station and is named after Oxenholme Farm. The station name had the suffix "Lake District" added in 1988.
The village has always been called Oxenholme, after a farm whose name suggests a cow farm. The name is usually pronounced oxen-home, though pronounced ox-nome locally.[1]
The village is part of the Kendal civil parish.
The village is in the Kendal South ward on Westmorland and Furness unitary authority[2] and Kendal Town Council.
Oxenholme has been represented by Jonathan Brook[3] and Doug Rathbone,[4] both members of the Liberal Democrat Party.[5]
Oxenholme has been represented by Liberal Democrat Guy Tirvengadum on Kendal Town Coucil[6]
It is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency and the MP [7] is Liberal Democrat Tim Farron.
Oxenholme has a low crime rate; only one crime, a minor theft, was reported in 2009.
The village is part of the Cumbrian National Health Service area. Westmorland General Hospital, the local hospital, is located just outside the village.
Oxenholme station, located in the village, is a junction between the West Coast Main Line and the Windermere Branch Line. The A65 runs through the village and is close to the M6 motorway. The village has nine bus stops and is served by routes 41, 41A and 561.
The nearest airports are Leeds Bradford (62 miles) and Teesside International (70 miles) and Manchester (78 miles).
The local newspaper covering the area is The Westmorland Gazette.
Local radio includes BBC Radio Cumbria, Heart North West and Smooth North West.
The village is covered by both the ITV Border and BBC North West TV regions.
Oxenholme appears in the news more often than a typical settlement of its size. Most of the news is to do with the railway.