'''Lancashire''', officially the '''County Palatine of Lancaster''', is a county in north-western England. It is the second most populous county in England, with a population of just under 5 million. Its southern border with [[Cheshire]] is marked by the [[River Mersey]], with its eastern border with [[Yorkshire]] being marked by the [[Pennines]]. It borders [[Westmorland]] to the north at Morecambe Bay, while "Lancashire-over-Sands" (or Furness) in the north west is detached from the rest of the county by the shallow Kent estuary, contains part of the [[Lake District]] and borders Westmorland partially along Lake Windermere to the east and Cumberland along the [[River Duddon]] to the west. Western Lancashire has a coastline on the [[Irish Sea]]. | '''Lancashire''', officially the '''County Palatine of Lancaster''', is a county in north-western England. It is the second most populous county in England, with a population of just under 5 million. Its southern border with [[Cheshire]] is marked by the [[River Mersey]], with its eastern border with [[Yorkshire]] being marked by the [[Pennines]]. It borders [[Westmorland]] to the north at Morecambe Bay, while "Lancashire-over-Sands" (or Furness) in the north west is detached from the rest of the county by the shallow Kent estuary, contains part of the [[Lake District]] and borders Westmorland partially along Lake Windermere to the east and Cumberland along the [[River Duddon]] to the west. Western Lancashire has a coastline on the [[Irish Sea]]. |