Millom is a town and
civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the
River Duddon around 7 miles north of
Barrow-in-Furness in southwest
Cumbria,
England. Millom was constructed as a new town, beginning in 1866 and subsumed the village of
Holborn Hill. Built around ironworks, the town grew to a size of over 10,000 people by the 1960s, but has struggled since the works were closed in 1968. Culturally, Millom is notable as the birthplace of poet
Norman Nicholson, and as a major centre of amateur
rugby league.