Dova Haw
Dova Haw, also known as Crab Island, is a small islet that is one of the Islands of Furness. It is a small tidal island off the coast of Cumbria, England, 0.3 miles from Barrow Island and 0.6 miles from Walney Island, adjacent to the town of Barrow-in-Furness.Places of Interest
Highlights include St John’s Church and Dock Museum.
St John’s Church
Church
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St. John's Church is a church on Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The church was built in 1934-1935 of concrete with green slate roofs in a modern Byzantine style.
Dock Museum
Museum
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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
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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 Vickerstown and Biggar.
Vickerstown
Suburb
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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.
Biggar
Village
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Biggar is a village towards the south of Walney Island in Cumbria, England. Along with the village of North Scale, it is the oldest settlement on the island.
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.
Dova Haw
- Type: Islet
- Description: small tidal island off the coast of Cumbria, England
- Categories: tidal island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.09618° or 54° 5′ 46″ northLongitude
-3.23518° or 3° 14′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C6R3QW7+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 250415714OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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