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Kirkby-in-Furness

Kirkby-in-Furness, generally referred to simply as Kirkby locally, is a village that is the major part of the parish of in the Furness district of , England.
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  • Type: Village with 554 residents
  • Description: village in Cumbria, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria”
  • Postal code: LA17

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kirkby-in-Furness railway station and Kirkby Slate Quarries.

Railway station
Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkby-in-Furness is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between and . The station, situated 9+1⁄4 miles north of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village of Kirkby-in-Furness in .

Quarry
, formally known as Burlington Slate Quarries, are located near Kirkby-in-Furness in , . The quarries have produced a characteristic blue-grey slate for over 450 years, with large-scale production starting in the early 19th…

Railway station
Photo: David Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foxfield is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between and . The station, situated 11+1⁄2 miles north of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of and in . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Kirkby-in-Furness.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beanthwaite and Foxfield.

Hamlet
Photo: SIMON PHILLIPS, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England. is situated 2 miles northeast of Kirkby-in-Furness.

Village
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is a village on the west coast of , England, in the Furness district that was part of from 1182 to 1974. It lies on the Duddon Estuary, just outside the National Park, around ten miles to the north-east of and one mile out of . is situated 2 miles northwest of Kirkby-in-Furness.

Hamlet
Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England. It is located along the A5092 road, 4.8 miles north of . It is on the Beck stream, on the edge of Lake District National Park. is situated 3 miles northeast of Kirkby-in-Furness.

Kirkby-in-Furness

Latitude
54.23203° or 54° 13′ 55″ north
Longitude
-3.18155° or 3° 10′ 54″ west
Population
554
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB KIF
Open location code
9C6R6RJ9+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5321132482
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8299861
Wiki­data ID
Q2229694
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Kirkby-in-Furness” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kirkby-in-Furness”
  • Dutch: “Kirkby-in-Furness”
  • French: “Kirkby-in-Furness”
  • Polish: “Kirkby-in-Furness”
  • Spanish: “Kirkby-in-Furness”
  • Swedish: “Kirkby-in-Furness”
  • Welsh: “Kirkby-in-Furness”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kirkby-in-Furness Crown Green Bowls Club and Kirkby-in-Furness Community Centre.

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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 “Kirkby-in-Furness”. Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.