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Lying just outside the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park, Broughton-in-Furness is a quiet market town that feels firmly rooted in the landscape of the Duddon Valley. At its heart is a Georgian square, complete with an original stone obelisk and fish slabs, though the settlement’s history stretches back much further, evidenced by the 12th-century foundations of St Mary’s Church. It’s a practical place to live; the village manages to sustain an award-winning specialist craft bakery, a traditional greengrocer, and several long-standing pubs, all of which serve a community that relies on the town as a local hub. While the busier tourist honeypots of the central Lakes are only a short drive away, Broughton remains largely undisturbed, offering immediate access to the more rugged, heather-clad hills of the Furness Fells and the tidal salt marshes of the Duddon Estuary. It’s the kind of place where life is dictated more by the seasons and the surrounding fells than by the passing trade of the main roads.