MP hails ‘massively reassuring’ news that long term future of Grange ambulance service has been secured

Local MP Tim Farron has warmly welcomed the news that the future of Grange ambulance has been secured, following a long campaign.

The North West Ambulance Service operated an ambulance to cover the Cartmel Peninsula from their station on Kents Bank Road in Grange for over 20 years, but had been on the search for a new base after their lease on the building came to an end.

A petition, launched by Tim and local Lib Dem councillors Pete Endsor, Jenny Boak and Sue Sanderson, calling for the service to be saved, had gathered more than 1,300 signatures.

Last week, the ambulance officially moved into Grange Fire Station on Beech Road.

Tim said: “It’s absolutely fantastic news that the long-term future of the Grange ambulance has been secured.

“I’m enormously grateful to NWAS, the Fire Service and everyone who signed our petition.

“It’s massively reassuring that we will have life-saving blue light services available in the heart of Grange serving the whole of the Cartmel Peninsula for many years to come.”