Great Urswick
Great Urswick is a village in Urswick, Westmorland and Furness, England and has about 281 residents. Great Urswick is situated nearby to the village Little Urswick, as well as near the locality Birkrigg Common.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary and St Michael’s Church, Great Urswick and Urswick Tarn.
St Mary and St Michael’s Church, Great Urswick
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary and St Michael's Church is in the village of Great Urswick, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Birkrigg stone circle
Archaeological site
Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birkrigg stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle on Birkrigg Common, two miles south of Ulverston in the English county of Cumbria. It dates to between 1700 and 1400 BC.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lindal-in-Furness and Scales.
Lindal-in-Furness
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lindal-in-Furness is a village on the Furness peninsula, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies eight miles to the north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, on the A590 trunk road.
Scales
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scales is a small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The town of Ulverston is around 3.5 miles south of the village. The name Scales comes from the Old Norse skali, with an Old English plural *Scalas, meaning huts.
Swarthmoor
Village
Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swarthmoor is a small village near Ulverston, in Cumbria, England. Located on the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire. Swarthmoor is situated 1½ miles north of Great Urswick.
Great Urswick
- Type: Village with 281 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Urswick, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.1622° or 54° 9′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.12123° or 3° 7′ 16″ westPopulation
281Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C6R5V6H+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 29672583OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648002
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Localities in the Area
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