Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is a Town in the county of Cumbria.
Barrow-in-Furness postcode: LA13 9
There are great places to visit near Barrow-in-Furness including some great hills, hiking areas, villages, ancient sites, ruins, old mines, waterfalls, rivers and streams, lakes, woodlands, towns, mountains, castles, historic buildings, historic monuments, caves, bluebell woods, nature reserves, disused railway lines, airports and islands.
Barrow-in-Furness's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Barrow-in-Furness if you like hiking areas.
The area around Barrow-in-Furness features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Barrow-in-Furness has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
There are a several good ruins in the Barrow-in-Furness area like Bonsor East Mine Workings, Bonsor Dressing Floors, Penny Rigg Copper Mill, Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), and Hebblethwaite Hall Gill.
Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Barrow-in-Furness.
Barrow-in-Furness has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Barrow-in-Furness's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
The area around Barrow-in-Furness boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Woodlands to visit near Barrow-in-Furness include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
The area around Barrow-in-Furness features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
There are a number of mountains near Barrow-in-Furness including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Barrow-in-Furness has some unmissable castles nearby like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
The area around Barrow-in-Furness features a number of interesting historic buildings including Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
Barrow-in-Furness is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,
Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Barrow-in-Furness if you like caves.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Barrow-in-Furness if you like bluebell woods.
The area around Barrow-in-Furness's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Barrow-in-Furness's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Barrow-in-Furness.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Barrow-in-Furness best airports to visit near Barrow-in-Furness.
There are a number of islands near to Barrow-in-Furness including Piel Island.
Barrow-in-Furness History
There are some historic monuments around Barrow-in-Furness:
Places to see near Barrow-in-Furness
History of Barrow-in-Furness
Furness Abbey, one of England’s most powerful monasteries in the Middle Ages
Lakes near Barrow-in-Furness
Rivers near Barrow-in-Furness
Shopping in Barrow-in-Furness
Portland Walk Arcade Portland Walk, Hindpool
Portland Walk Arcade mall
The Mall Duke Street, Hindpool
The Mall mall
Hollywood Retail Park Hindpool, North Scale
Hollywood Retail Park retail park
Middlefield Retail Parade Ormsgill, Barrow-in-Furness
Middlefield Retail Parade retail park
Hindpool Retail Park Hindpool, North Scale
Hindpool Retail Park retail park
Corner House Retail Park Hindpool, North Scale
Corner House Retail Park retail park
Morrisons Strand, Hindpool
Morrisons supermarket
Tesco Extra North Road, Hindpool
Tesco Extra supermarket
Co-op Food Cambridge Street, Salthouse
Co-op Food supermarket
Co-op Food Buxton Street, Barrow Island
Co-op Food supermarket
Co-op Food Furness Park Road, Newbarns
Co-op Food supermarket
Asda Walney Road, Ormsgill
Asda supermarket
Co-op Food 41, Amphitrite Street
Co-op Food supermarket
Heron Foods 54, Portland Walk
Heron Foods supermarket
The Co-operative Food 97-101, Oxford Street
The Co-operative Food supermarket
The Co-operative Food Settle Street, Newbarns
The Co-operative Food supermarket