Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parish situated on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England. Passing by road, Grange Over Sands is 13.1 miles (21.1 kilometres) to the south of Kendal, 14.9 miles (24.0 km) to the east of Ulverston, 25 miles (40 km) to the eastern of Barrow-in-Furness as well as 28.1 miles (45.2 kilometres) to the west of Lancaster. Historically part of Lancashire, the community was developed as a city district in 1894. Since 1974, following local government re-organisation, the town has actually been provided as part of the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, though it remains part of the Duchy of Lancaster. It had a population of 4,114 at the 2011 Census.