Beacon Brow (Walney)
Beacon Brow (Walney) is an island in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Beacon Brow (Walney) is situated nearby to the locality North Walney, as well as near the village North Scale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Walney School and Dock Museum.
Walney School
School
Walney School is a secondary school on Walney Island in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. As a result of the Education Act 1944, Walney Island needed to have its own secondary school. Today it is an 11 – 16 Academy with approximately 585 students currently on roll.
Dock Museum
Museum
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dock Museum is situated in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Most of its exhibits concern the history of the town, focusing on the shipbuilding industry at VSEL, the steelworks industry — of which Barrow once had the world's largest, the Furness Railway and the World War II bombings of the town.
St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Walney
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary the Virgin's Church is located on the Promenade, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness. Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Barrow, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Scale and Vickerstown.
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.
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.
Barrow-in-Furness
Photo: Stevvvv4444, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Beacon Brow (Walney)
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.11045° or 54° 6′ 38″ northLongitude
-3.26617° or 3° 15′ 58″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9C6R4P6M+5GGeoNames ID
12624090
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