Canal Foot
Canal Foot is an industrial village in Cumbria, England, on the Leven estuary. It is located 1.7 miles by road to the east of the centre of Ulverston. Its name comes from its location being where the Ulverston Canal meets the Estuary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave&Lynne Slater, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Leven Viaduct and Chapel Island.
Leven Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Roger Temple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leven Viaduct is a railway bridge which carries the Furness Line over the River Leven in Cumbria, England. The viaduct was opened as a single track structure as part of the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway in August 1857.
Chapel Island
Islet
Photo: Anthony Sinton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chapel Island is a limestone outcrop that lies in the Leven estuary of Morecambe Bay in England, less than one mile from the shoreline at Bardsea in the area known as Ulverston Sands.
Ulverston railway station
Railway station
Photo: john driscoll, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ulverston is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster; it is situated 9+1⁄2 miles north-east of Barrow-in-Furness. Ulverston railway station is situated 2 miles west of Canal Foot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arrad Foot and Bardsea.
Arrad Foot
Hamlet
Photo: Ben Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arrad Foot is a hamlet in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The hamlet is situated on a minor road just off the A590 road, with the village of Greenodd to the north, and the town Ulverston to the south. Arrad Foot is situated 2 miles north of Canal Foot.
Bardsea
Village
Photo: C.Sage, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bardsea is a village in the Low Furness area of Cumbria, England. It is two miles to the south-east of Ulverston on the northern coast of Morecambe Bay. It is in the historic county of Lancashire. Bardsea is situated 2 miles south of Canal Foot.
Swarthmoor
Village
Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swarthmoor is a small village near Ulverston, in Cumbria, England. Located on the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire. Swarthmoor is situated 2½ miles west of Canal Foot.
Canal Foot
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Cumbria, England, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.18999° or 54° 11′ 24″ northLongitude
-3.05418° or 3° 3′ 15″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C6R5WQW+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 6254509591OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Canal Foot” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Canal Foot”
- French: “canal Foot”
- French: “Canal Foot”
- Irish: “Canal Foot”
- Welsh: “Canal Foot”
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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 “Canal Foot”. Photo: Dave&Lynne Slater, CC BY 2.0.