Bootle Fire Station

Local stations

• Millom - 8 miles
• Broughton - 11 miles
• Seascale - 13 miles

1,300 population

Crewing type

On-call

Fleet

• 1 fire engine

Bootle is a small village situated in South Copeland approximately 24 miles south of  Whitehaven and eight miles north of Millom. It has a population of approximately 1,300 people in an area that extends from Whitbeck to the mouth of the River Esk near Waberthwaite, however most of the population lives in the village of Bootle itself which is 2 miles inland.

Most of the population commutes out of the area for employment, but the largest employer in the area is the DSA testing range at Eskmeals. The area has an unspoiled sandy coastline and the Eskmeals dunes are a nature reserve and are part of the Drigg coast special area of conservation.

Further information for this fire station is available on a number of themes at the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory, including:

• Population 

• Crime and Community

• Health and Social Care

• Housing

• Economy and Employment

• Environment

• Children and Young People

Please visit www.cumbriaobservatory.org.uk and choose a fire station area for your particular theme of interest.

The area contains:

• 2 Heritage Sites; Muncaster Castle and Barnscar Romano-British Farmstead

• 3 Grade II listed buildings

• 7 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest

• 1 Site Specific Risk; MoD Eskmeals

• There are no significant Flood Risks identified within the Station area

The A595 trunk road runs directly through the village and can give problems of road traffic accidents.