Newbiggin
Newbiggin is a village on the A5087 road, in the civil parish of Aldingham, in Furness, in the unitary authority area of Westmorland and Furness, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Aldingham, Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “Newbiggin, Aldingham”, “Newbiggin, Cumbria”, and “Newbiggin, Furness”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gleaston Castle and Church of Cuthbert.
Gleaston Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Church of St Matthew
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Matthew is situated 1½ miles northwest of Newbiggin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gleaston and Leece.
Gleaston
Village
Photo: Jim Woodward-Nutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gleaston is a village with a population of around 400 in the Furness area of South Cumbria, situated between the towns of Barrow-in-Furness, Dalton-in-Furness and Ulverston.
Leece
Village
Photo: Phil Catterall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leece is a village on the Furness peninsula in Cumbria, England, between the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness. Leece is situated 1½ miles west of Newbiggin.
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. Scales is situated 2 miles north of Newbiggin.
Newbiggin
- Category: locality
- Location: Aldingham, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.11442° or 54° 6′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.12029° or 3° 7′ 13″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
9C6R4V7H+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 29672590OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Newbiggin” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Newbiggin, Furness”
- Irish: “Newbiggin”
- Welsh: “Newbiggin, Furness”
- Welsh: “Newbiggin”
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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 “Newbiggin”. Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.