Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is a Town in the county of Cumbria.

Barrow-in-Furness postcode: LA13 9

Retail in Barrow-in-Furness

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

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Lakes near Barrow-in-Furness

    Rivers near Barrow-in-Furness

    Shopping in Barrow-in-Furness

    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 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

    Where to Eat in Barrow-in-Furness

    The Salt and Pepper Pots

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