with some services continuing north to Carlisle and others south to Manchester. Education Cartmel Church of England Primary School is the village primary school. Cartmel Priory School takes pupils aged between 11 and 16 from around the Cartmel Peninsula. Governance Cartmel is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency, of which Tim Farron is the current Member of parliament representing the Liberal Democrats. For Local Government purposes it is in the Cartmel Ward of South Lakeland District Council and the Cartmel Division of Cumbria County Council. The village also has its own Parish council, Lower Allithwaite Parish Council. References External links Cumbria County History Trust: Allithwaite, Lower (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page) Cumbria County History Trust: Upper Holker (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page) Cartmel Village Website Cartmel School Walks in South Cumbria Cartmel Racecourse Villages in Cumbria South Lakeland District