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.
Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell's hiking areas if visiting the area around Barrow-in-Furness.
There are a several good villages in the Barrow-in-Furness area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
The area around Barrow-in-Furness boasts some of the best 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.
The area around Barrow-in-Furness features a number of interesting ruins including 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.
The area around Barrow-in-Furness boasts some of the best old mines 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.
Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are great places to visit near Barrow-in-Furness if you like waterfalls.
The area around Barrow-in-Furness features a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Barrow-in-Furness best lakes to visit near Barrow-in-Furness.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are great places to visit near Barrow-in-Furness if you like woodlands.
Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Barrow-in-Furness best towns to visit near Barrow-in-Furness.
Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Barrow-in-Furness.
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,
Caves to visit near Barrow-in-Furness include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Don't miss Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood's bluebell woods 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 nature reserves.
Disused Railway Lines to visit near Barrow-in-Furness include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Barrow-in-Furness best airports to visit near Barrow-in-Furness.
Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Barrow-in-Furness if you like islands.
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
Tesco Extra North Road, Hindpool
Tesco Extra supermarket
Morrisons Strand, Hindpool
Morrisons supermarket
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
