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	Morecambe Bay
		Morecambe Bay recognised as one of the most important wildlife sites in Europe.
		Morecambe Bay is one of the most important wildlife site in Europe.
		In October 1996, it was designated as an SPA and submitted as a candidate SAC to the European Union.
	www.morecambebay.com /ems1.htm (192 words)

	Morecambe Bay and the Lune Valley
		Morecambe Bay is located on the North West coastline of England, it is an area of outstanding natural beauty affording an ideal setting for a restful and relaxing vacation.
		Morecambe Bay is fed by five rivers, the Leven, the Kent, the Keer the Lune and the Wyre.
		Morecambe Bay is the most important estuary in Britain for its wader population and is the third most important estuary in Europe.
	www.morecambe-bay.com (294 words)

	Morecambe Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Morecambe Bay is a large bay in northwest England, nearly due east of the Isle of Man and just to the south of the Lake District National Park.
		This difficulty of crossing the bay added to the isolation of the land to its north which, due to the presence of the mountains of the Lake District, could only be reached by crossing these sands or by ferry, until the Furness Railway was built in 1867.
		Morecambe Bay was featured on the television programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of the North.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morecambe_Bay (594 words)

	Morecambe Bay Partnership - Reference
		Morecambe Bay is a large sandy bay in the north west of England, reaching from Walney Island in the north to Fleetwood in the south.
		Morecambe Bay is the most important estuary in Britain for its seabird and waterfowl populations and has the third largest number of wintering wildfowl in Britain.
		Morecambe Bay has received many conservation designations, nationally and internationally, reflecting the importance of the wildlife and landscape of the area.
	www.morecambebay.org.uk /the_bay.html (2834 words)

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		Morecambe Bay Shrimps have been caught by local fishermen from both sides of the bay for hundreds of years.
		Morecambe bay is a honeycomb of gullies and quicksand's.
		Shrimp in Morecambe Bay are found in the fast running water of the channels, and also in "Gutters" and "Dykes" that feed into them.
	www.angelfire.com /biz2/furnessfish/catch1.html (444 words)

	Why is Morecambe Bay so dangerous? \| Life \| Guardian Unlimited
		Morecambe Bay was born in the last ice age, when retreating glaciers dumped soft sediments which formed expanses of sand which are now up to 80m deep.
		The bay is now broad and shallow, with a tidal range of up to 10.5m at spring tides and an ebbing tide that can retreat as far as 12km.
		The booklet, published by Morecambe Bay Partnership, explains that the bay is dangerous because it is dynamic, ever changing as sands shift and channels swerve.
	www.guardian.co.uk /life/thisweek/story/0,12977,1145809,00.html (483 words)

	Morecambe Hotels - Westleigh Hotel - Accommodation
		Morecambe offers the most idyllic setting for a holiday, with breathtakingly beautiful sunsets over the West facing bay and the outstanding natural wonders of the Lake District just a short distance away.
		The bay is a bird habitat of international importance that provides both sanctuary to the birds and beauty to the visitor.
		Morecambe is a great place to shop too, with vibrant markets offering a wide range of stalls that will cater to just about anyone.
	www.westleighbay.co.uk (485 words)

	Community Support: Morecambe Bay 23
		The former girlfriend of one of the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster defendants was "pressured" into lying to the police, a court has heard.
		A body found at Morecambe Bay at the weekend is not that of a missing Chinese cockle picker, Lancashire Police have confirmed.
		Morecambe Bay's famously ferocious tide may be a force of nature, but human beings bear the responsibility for yesterday's deaths of 19 Chinese workers picking cockles.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /communitysupport/5156more.htm (1051 words)

	Waitrose.com - Local Food: Morecambe Bay Potted Shrimps - Waitrose Food Illustrated
		Not for nothing is Morecambe Bay known as 'the wet Sahara'.
		Les is still at it, albeit dragging the sands with the aid of a tractor rather than a horse, and there is still a handful of venerable old ladies in their eighties and nineties peeling for a living, if £2.25 an hour can be described as a living.
		The rain is lashing in from the Irish Sea and despite the all-pervading wetness, the wind somehow contrives to sandblast you, hurling sodden grains into the corners of your eyes, into your ears and under your nails.
	www.waitrose.com /food_drink/wfi/foodissues/campaigns/0106036.asp (1081 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Lancashire \| Tide kills 18 cockle pickers
		Morecambe Bay is notoriously dangerous, with fast rising tides and quicksands.
		Cedric Robinson is known as the Queen's sandpilot in Morecambe Bay, and has been leading walkers across the sands for 25 years.
		The estimated value of the cockles on Morecambe beach was £6m, she said, which had lured people from all over the UK and beyond and led to exploitation.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/lancashire/3464203.stm (766 words)

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		Morecambe Bay is a large bay off the Irish Sea.
		The flat bay at Morecambe is notoriously dangerous, with fast-rising tides and quicksand.
		Morecambe is famous for its fabulous sunsets and stunning views across the bay to the Lake District.
	www.lycos.com /info/morecambe--morecambe-bay.html (350 words)

	Morecambe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Morecambe ['mɔːkəm] is a resort town in the Lancaster district of Lancashire, England.
		The town is in the Morecambe and Lunesdale parliamentary constituency and is governed by Lancaster City Council.
		Morecambe was selected by the RNLI as the location for their first operational hovercraft (Griffon 470SAR) H-002 which was made operational on 23rd of December 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morecambe (842 words)

	Morecambe & Heysham - City Coast Countryside
		The Bay (famous for its 'Cross Bay Walks') is an important breeding ground for thousands of migratory birds.
		The Bay's wildlife is also the inspiration for award-winning public art known as The Tern Project.
		For those interested in local produce perhaps the most famous are the Morecambe Bay Shrimps which are still caught locally by family firms like James Baxter and Sons of Morecambe.
	www.citycoastcountryside.co.uk /site/morecambe-and-heysham (309 words)

	Explore Morecambe Bay with Aquarium of the Lakes
		Morecambe Bay is the second largest bay in the UK.
		Morecambe Bay is a very important site on major migratory routes (migrate means a journey between different habitats at specific seasons).
		Fishing is a very important industry in and around Morecambe Bay and many fishermen still use a tractor and trailer which you can regularly see out on the sands.
	www.aquariumofthelakes.co.uk /explore_the_bay.cfm (270 words)

	Morecambe United Kingdom - Merry Morecambe!
		Morecambe is a quaint English coastal resort town in Lancashire, England.
		There is a large sandy bay that stretches away from the town for quite a distance and it adds to the feeling of serenity on a sunny day.
		My friend in Morecambe told me that the statue is a magnet for tourists and that it doesn't even have any significance to the history of the town.
	www.globosapiens.net /travel-information/Morecambe-684.html (721 words)

	Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust
		Morecambe Bay Health Community covers a geographical area of 1,000 miles of a mixed urban and rural nature, the main towns being Kendal, Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness.
		Health services are provided by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust (Profile) and Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust (MBPCT).
		The development of undergraduate medical education in Morecambe Bay in conjunction with Liverpool Medical School is a welcome and exciting project.
	www.mbht.nhs.uk /lms/MBHealthComm.htm (121 words)

	Morecambe Bay Crossing - Walk
		The Bay is notoriously dangerous - even the local fishermen have lost carts, horses, tractors and more in the quicksands, so this is no place for visitors to wander alone.
		Cedric has appeared in several TV programmes about the Bay, has received an honorary masters degrees from Lancaster University and the University of Central Lancashire and was awarded an MBE in the 1999 Queen's Birthday list.
		I rang the number for Cedric Robinson, the Morecambe Bay Guide, and spoke to a friendly and helpful woman I assumed to be his wife, who told me that walking boots were not appropriate footwear for the sands, and that trainers, plimsoles or sandals were recommended.
	www.lakedistrictwalks.com /morbay.html (1423 words)

	Morecambe Bay - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Morecambe Bay shallow inlet of the Irish Sea, 16 mi (26 km) long and 10 mi (16.1 km) wide, separating Furness peninsula from the mainland, NW England.
		Living Review Food & Drink: Catch of the bay; From the shores of Cumbria to the restaurants of Knightsbridge, potted shrimps have come a long way.
		MORECAMBE BAY TRAGEDY 12 MONTHS ON: People gather in the gloom to remember the dead and mark first anniversary of cockling tragedy.(News)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-morcmbby.html (382 words)

	Victims of the sands and the snakeheads \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		Geraldine Smith, MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, said: "The popularity of cockling in Morecambe Bay is a relatively new thing - it has happened over the last six to 12 months.
		Rescuers in Morecambe said groups of Chinese workers have had to be saved from the sea twice in the past five weeks.
		The tragedy in Morecambe follows the discovery in June 2000 of 58 dead Chinese illegal immigrants who suffocated in the back of a lorry bound for Dover from Zeebrugge in Belgium.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1143060,00.html (1342 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Morecambe Bay: One year on
		The Morecambe Bay disaster shocked the British public.
		Morecambe Bay itself now has a dedicated police officer to gather intelligence on illegal practices on sands.
		Jim Sheridan, the Renfrewshire West MP who introduced the gangmaster legislation, said the deaths at Morecambe Bay threw a light on the exploitation of foreign workers which is "rife" in parts of the economy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4238209.stm (1024 words)

	Morecambe Archives
		Morecambes unrivalled views of the Lakeland hills soon attracted the workers of Yorkshire and Lancashire to enjoy day trips or their summer holidays.
		The seas have taken their toll over the years on various projects undertaken at Morecambe including The Pier, but the strength of the people and the committement of the local authorities have made Morecambe one of the UK's most popular holiday resorts, enjoyed by different people throughout the world.
		She returned to Glasson Dock in 1960 and was moored in Morecambe, opposite Brucciani's, it was a popular attraction for visitors to Morecambe.
	www.morecambe.co.uk /gallery/archive.html (709 words)

	RTE News - Nineteen drown in Morecambe Bay
		Nineteen people are now known to have died in last night's tidal tragedy at Morecambe Bay in Lancashire in north-west England.
		The dead were among a group of around 30 cockle pickers who drowned after being cut off on mudflats by the fast rising tide for which Morecambe is notorious.
		Commercial cockling on Morecambe Sands is worth about £6 million annually and it is common for gangs of illegal immigrants from across Britain to be brought to the area to pick cockles for very little money.
	www.rte.ie /news/2004/0206/morecambe.html (257 words)

	Morecambe Lodge Static Caravan Information
		Morecambe Lodge Caravan Park Situated on the shores of Morecambe Bay
		The aspect is West overlooking Morecambe Bay and the Lake Hills with fabulous sunsets.
		This is where horse drawn carriages used to cross to Grange before a metalled road went around the Bay, many were lost on the way.
	www.morecambe-lodge.co.uk /custom.asp?Page=4 (340 words)

	Morecambe Bay Skincare, dermatology department for the Morecambe Bay area
		Morecambe Bay Skincare, dermatology department for the Morecambe Bay area
		Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust was established on the 1 April 1998.
		The American Academy of Dermatology is committed to advancing the science of medicine and surgery related to promoting a lifetime of healthier skin, hair and nails.
	www.bayskincare.org.uk /links.shtml (210 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Morecambe Bay deaths - Scandal of Chinese cockle-pickers' deaths
		The final fruits of the dead cockle pickers lie on the sands of Morecambe Bay.
		THE 19 Chinese cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay after they were caught by notorious rushing tides were being paid just 11 pence an hour, investigators revealed last night.
		The dead were taken to the RNLI station on Morecambe’s seafront from a sandbank in the northern part of the bay, several miles from Hest Bank.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=1083&id=153882004 (1038 words)

	Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust
		Please note that Morecambe Bay PCT has been superceded by Cumbria PCT and North Lancashire PCT from 1st October 2006.
		Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust Public Meeting - June 2006 - Board papers published.
		Morecambe Bay Primary Care Trust (PCT), the NHS body which provides local Community and Mental Health Services and funds hospital services for local people, has received promising news from a national assessment of its performance in 2004/05.
	www.mbpct.nhs.uk (326 words)

	Morecambe \| Hotel Morecambe
		The resort has 5 miles of promenade with fabulous views across Morecambe Bay and also features the now famous Bronzed Statue of Eric Morecambe.
		Morecambe is a paradise for birdwatchers, and the seabird theme has been carried ashore in the innovative, award winning TERN public art project.
		Morecambe also has the vibrant Festival Market with a wide range of stalls for most shopping tastes.
	www.visitlancashire.com /site/coastal-contrasts/morecambe (197 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Morecambe Golf Club is a private members club situated on the north-west tip of the Lancashire coast.
		The course is just over a mile from the centre of the popular coastal resort of Morecambe, over-looking magnificent Morecambe Bay, and 3 miles from the historic city of Lancaster.
		As a golfing destination, Morecambe Golf Club has gained an enviable reputation for both the quality of its clubhouse facilities and 18 hole golf course offering visiting golfers a wholehearted welcome.
	www.morecambegolfclub.com (179 words)

	Morecambe Bay and the Lune Valley where beauty surrounds and health abounds
		Morecambe Bay and the Lune Valley where beauty surrounds and health abounds
		The view overlooking Morecambe Bay is spectacular and you only need to stroll around the village to sense its age and significant history.
		Heysham is one of a succession of small communities punctuating the shores of Morecambe Bay, each with an enthralling and absorbing history of its own.
	www.manitoulin-island.com /morecambe/heysham/index.html (361 words)

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