North West England
Cumbria
Westmorland & Furness

Barrow/Walney Island Airport

Walney Aerodrome is located on , 1.5 NM northwest of the centre of , , England. The airport is owned by BAE Systems, who operate private communication flights to locations across the and expanded the airport with new infrastructure and terminal buildings in 2019.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in the United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Barrow Walney Island Aerodrome”, “BWF”, “EGNL”, “Walney Aerodrome”, and “Walney Island Airport”
  • Postal code: LA14 3TD

Places of Interest

Highlights include North Walney Nature Reserve and Dock Museum.

Nature reserve
Photo: Rosalind Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a national nature reserve on , England. The reserve, which has an area of 646.5 ha, is notable as a habitat of natterjack toads.

Museum
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is situated in , , . Most of its exhibits concern the , focusing on the shipbuilding industry at VSEL, the steelworks industry — of which Barrow once had the world's largest, the Furness Railway and the World War II bombings of the town.

Railway station
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrow-in-Furness is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line and Furness Line, 85+1⁄2 miles south-west of Carlisle and 34+3⁄4 miles north-west of Lancaster, in the town of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Scale and Vickerstown.

Village
is a village and one of only four settlements on the Isle of Walney, Cumbria, England. It is the northernmost settlement, lying a mile north of .

Suburb
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of , , England, covered by the wards of Walney North and Walney South. It is an example of a model village built for workers by a company needing to expand, having been constructed in the early 20th century by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering.

Photo: Stevvvv4444, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an industrial town and seaport in , at the tip of the Furness peninsula. Many visitors come to Barrow for the Dock Museum, which tells the history of steelworks, the shipyard and the Barrow Blitz.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport

Latitude
54.12865° or 54° 7′ 43″ north
Longitude
-3.26318° or 3° 15′ 48″ west
Elevation
171 feet (52 metres)
Operator
BAe Systems Marine Ltd
IATA airport code
BWF
ICAO airport code
EGNL
Open location code
9C6R4PHP+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 92905733
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296607
Wiki­data ID
Q2785373
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“Barrow/Walney Island Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Barrow/Walney Island Airport”
  • Chinese: “巴羅/Walney島機場”
  • French: “aérodrome de Barrow/Walney Island”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Barrow/Walney Island”
  • French: “Barrow-in-Furness Airport”
  • Indonesian: “BWF”
  • Indonesian: “EGNL”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Walney Island”
  • Persian: “BWF”
  • Persian: “EGNL”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه باروو/والنی آیلند”
  • Piemontese: “Barrow - Walney Island Airfield”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Barrow/Walney Island”
  • Swedish: “Barrow/Walney Island Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи борув волни оилнд”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Ҷазираи Бороу Волни”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lenny Hill and North Scar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include West Shore Caravan Park and North End Marsh.

Cumbria: Must-Visit Destinations

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Barrow/Walney Island Airport”. Photo: Stevvvv4444, CC BY-SA 4.0.