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 has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Barrow-in-Furness has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Barrow-in-Furness features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

There are a number of ancient sites near Barrow-in-Furness including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Barrow-in-Furness's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.

There are a number of old mines near Barrow-in-Furness including Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

The area around Barrow-in-Furness boasts some of the best waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Barrow-in-Furness.

Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Barrow-in-Furness.

The area around Barrow-in-Furness boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Don't miss Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen's towns if visiting the area around Barrow-in-Furness.

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.

Castles to visit near Barrow-in-Furness include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Don't miss Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct's historic buildings if visiting the area around Barrow-in-Furness.

Fairy Steps is one of Barrow-in-Furness's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Barrow-in-Furness.

Caves to visit near Barrow-in-Furness include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

The area around Barrow-in-Furness features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Barrow-in-Furness.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Barrow-in-Furness if you like disused railway lines.

The area around Barrow-in-Furness boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Places near Barrow-in-Furness feature a number of interesting islands 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

    Hindpool Retail Park Hindpool, North Scale

    Hindpool Retail Park retail park

    Corner House Retail Park Hindpool, North Scale

    Corner House Retail Park retail park

    Hollywood Retail Park Hindpool, North Scale

    Hollywood Retail Park retail park

    Middlefield Retail Parade Ormsgill, Barrow-in-Furness

    Middlefield Retail Parade retail park

    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

    Where to Eat in Barrow-in-Furness

    The Salt and Pepper Pots

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