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.
Hills to visit near Barrow-in-Furness include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
The area around Barrow-in-Furness boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Barrow-in-Furness if you like villages.
The area around Barrow-in-Furness features a number of interesting ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
Ruins to visit near Barrow-in-Furness include 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.
Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are great places to visit near Barrow-in-Furness if you like old mines.
There are a number of waterfalls near Barrow-in-Furness including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Barrow-in-Furness include 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.
Barrow-in-Furness has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are great places to visit near Barrow-in-Furness if you like towns.
Barrow-in-Furness's best nearby mountains can be found at Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
There are a number of castles near Barrow-in-Furness including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Barrow-in-Furness's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
The area close to Barrow-in-Furness boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
There are a several good caves in the Barrow-in-Furness area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Barrow-in-Furness if you like bluebell woods.
Places near Barrow-in-Furness feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Barrow-in-Furness is near some unmissable disused railway lines like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
There are a several good airports in the Barrow-in-Furness area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Barrow-in-Furness is near some unmissable islands like 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
Co-op Food Cambridge Street, Salthouse
Co-op Food supermarket
Co-op Food Furness Park Road, Newbarns
Co-op Food supermarket
Co-op Food Buxton Street, Barrow Island
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
Morrisons Strand, Hindpool
Morrisons supermarket
Tesco Extra North Road, Hindpool
Tesco Extra supermarket
