Economy
Millom's economy is now mainly based around retail, services and tourism.
It is a relatively low wage area, with a lot of people employed in skilled trades such as building, painting and decorating. Many also work in the service sector in hotels, pubs and shops within the nearby Lake District national park.
Higher wage centres are Barrow to the east and Sellafield to the west with commuting each way on the road or via the railway. There is also some commuting as far as Kendal.
Millom itself has a small town centre which does not offer many local employmnent opportunities, especially for young people.
There are 2 static caravan parks at Haverigg which provide some tourism income, and some holiday cottages also in Haverigg, mainly on the harbour front.
It owes it existence to the discovery of iron ore and the opening of mines and iron works in the 19th century. At the peak of production some half a million tons of iron ore were transported from here for smelting. By the 1970s the importance of this had declined and the town suffered economic depression. A film in the This England series was made about Millom and broadcast in 1979 by Granada Television.
Millom was granted the status of a Fairtrade town in 2004.
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