Urswick
Urswick is a civil parish that includes the villages of Great Urswick and Little Urswick. It is located in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. The villages are situated to the south-west of the town of Ulverston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 1,370 residents
- Description: civil parish in Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “Urswick, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birkrigg stone circle and Gleaston Castle.
Birkrigg stone circle
Archaeological site
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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.
Gleaston Castle
Castle
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Gleaston Castle is a medieval building in a valley about 1 kilometre north-east of the village of Gleaston. The village lies between the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness in the Furness peninsula, Cumbria, England.
St Mary and St Michael’s Church, Great Urswick
Church
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ulverston and Dalton-in-Furness.
Ulverston
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Ulverston is a small market town in Cumbria, United Kingdom. With a population of 13,000, Ulverston isn't a huge tourist attraction for the area, although its proximity to the Lake District makes it a quaint stop-over for visitors planning to explore more of Cumbria.
Dalton-in-Furness
Town
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Dalton-in-Furness is a town in the Westmorland and Furness district, in Cumbria, England, 4 miles north east of Barrow-in-Furness. Along with the rest of the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire. Dalton-in-Furness is situated 3 miles west of Urswick.
Swarthmoor
Village
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Swarthmoor is a small village near Ulverston, in Cumbria, England. Located on the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire.
Urswick
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Urswick” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Urswick”
- Chinese: “Urswick”
- Chinese: “厄斯維克”
- Chinese: “厄斯维克”
- Chinese: “小厄斯維克村”
- Chinese: “小厄斯维克村”
- Dutch: “Urswick”
- French: “Urswick”
- Irish: “Urswick”
- Ladin: “Urswick”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Urswick”
- Persian: “اورسویک”
- Polish: “Urswick”
- Swedish: “Urswick”
- Turkish: “Urswick”
- Welsh: “Urswick”
- “Urswick”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Great Urswick and Little Urswick.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Birkrigg Common and Bardsea Park.
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