Kirkby Ireleth
Kirkby Ireleth is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the villages of Grizebeck and Kirkby-in-Furness - which is really a collection of six different hamlets, namely: Soutergate, Wall End, Beck…Photo: Vic Code, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality with 1,200 residents
- Description: civil parish in Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “Kirkby Ireleth (civil parish), Cumbria” and “Kirkby Ireleth, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkby-in-Furness railway station and Foxfield railway station.
Kirkby-in-Furness railway station
Railway station
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Kirkby-in-Furness is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 9+1⁄4 miles north of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village of Kirkby-in-Furness in Cumbria.
Foxfield railway station
Railway station
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Foxfield is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 11+1⁄2 miles north of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Broughton-in-Furness and Foxfield in Cumbria.
Kirkby Slate Quarries
Quarry
Kirkby Slate Quarries, formally known as Burlington Slate Quarries, are located near Kirkby-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. The quarries have produced a characteristic blue-grey slate for over 450 years, with large-scale production starting in the early 19th…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broughton-in-Furness and Kirkby-in-Furness.
Broughton-in-Furness
Town
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Broughton in Furness is a market town in the civil parish of Broughton West in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 529 at the 2011 Census. Broughton-in-Furness is situated 2½ miles northwest of Kirkby Ireleth.
Kirkby-in-Furness
Village
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Kirkby-in-Furness, generally referred to simply as Kirkby locally, is a village that is the major part of the parish of Kirkby Ireleth in the Furness district of Cumbria, England.
Foxfield
Village
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Foxfield is a village on the west coast of Cumbria, England, in the Furness district that was part of Lancashire from 1182 to 1974. It lies on the Duddon Estuary, just outside the Lake District National Park, around ten miles to the north-east of Barrow-in-Furness and one mile out of Broughton-in-Furness.
Kirkby Ireleth
- 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—“Kirkby Ireleth” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kirkby Ireleth”
- Chinese: “Kirkby Ireleth”
- Dutch: “Kirkby Ireleth”
- French: “Kirkby Ireleth”
- Irish: “Kirkby Ireleth”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kirkby Ireleth”
- Polish: “Kirkby Ireleth”
- Swedish: “Kirkby Ireleth”
- Turkish: “Kirkby Ireleth”
- Welsh: “Kirkby Ireleth”
- “Kirkby Ireleth”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Chapels and Wall End.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kirkby Moor and Crag Height.
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