Barrow Slag Bank

Barrow Slag Bank is a hill in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England and has an elevation of 171 feet. Barrow Slag Bank is situated nearby to the suburb Ormsgill, as well as near the village North Scale.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Francis and Barrow/Walney Island Airport.

St Francis

Church

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Francis is a church.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport

Aerodrome

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Walney Aerodrome is located on Walney Island, 1.5 NM northwest of the centre of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The airport is owned by BAE Systems, who operate private communication flights to locations across the United Kingdom and expanded the airport with new infrastructure and terminal buildings in 2019.

Barrow-in-Furness railway station

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 Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Scale and Barrow-in-Furness.

North Scale

Village

North Scale 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 Vickerstown.

Barrow-in-Furness

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Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport in Cumbria, 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.

Vickerstown

Suburb

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Vickerstown is an area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, 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. Vickerstown is situated 1½ miles south of Barrow Slag Bank.

Barrow Slag Bank

Type: Hill with an elevation of 171 feet
Category: landform
Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.1308° or 54° 7′ 51″ north

Longitude

-3.24194° or 3° 14′ 31″ west

Elevation

171 feet (52 metres)

Open location code

9C6R4QJ5+86

GeoNames ID

12618496

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