North West England
Cumbria
Westmorland & Furness

Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport in , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 45,900 residents
  • Description: town and seaport in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Barrow” and “Barrow in Furness”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barrow-in-Furness railway station and Dock Museum.

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, .

Museum
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The is situated in Barrow-in-Furness, , . 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.

Theater building
is a theatre, media and arts centre located in Barrow-in-Furness, , England. The complex is currently home to an adaptable auditorium and stage, several conference and function rooms, Barrow's main tourist information centre and a outlet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Scale and Vickerstown.

Village
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 .

Suburb
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is an area of Barrow-in-Furness, , 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.

Village
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is a village towards the south of in , England. Along with the village of , it is the oldest settlement on the island.

Barrow-in-Furness

Latitude
54.1113° or 54° 6′ 41″ north
Longitude
-3.2289° or 3° 13′ 44″ west
Population
45,900
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
IATA airport code
BWF
United Nations Location Code
GB BIF
Open location code
9C6R4Q6C+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20954091
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656241
Wiki­data ID
Q671892
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Barrow-in-Furness” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Arabic: “بارو إن فورنيس”
  • Arabic: “بارو إنفورنس”
  • Armenian: “Բարոու-ին-Ֆերնես”
  • Asturian: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Basque: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Belarusian: “Бараў-ін-Фёрнас”
  • Bengali: “বারো-ইন-ফারনেস”
  • Catalan: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Cebuano: “Barrow in Furness”
  • Cebuano: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Chinese: “巴羅因弗內斯”
  • Chinese: “法恩斯巴罗”
  • Chinese: “法恩斯巴羅”
  • Czech: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Danish: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Dutch: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Finnish: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • French: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • German: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Greek: “Μπάροου ιν Φέρνες”
  • Gujarati: “બેરો-ઇન-ફર્નેસ”
  • Hebrew: “בארו-אין-פרנס”
  • Hungarian: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Irish: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Italian: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Japanese: “バロー・イン・ファーネス”
  • Japanese: “バロー＝イン＝ファーネス”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ಯಾರೋ ಇನ್ ಫರ್ನೇಸ್”
  • Korean: “배로인퍼니스”
  • Ladin: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Latvian: “Berova Fērnesā”
  • Lithuanian: “Farneso Baras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Norwegian: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Persian: “باوو-این-فورنس”
  • Polish: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Portuguese: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Romanian: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Russian: “Барроу-ин-Фернесс”
  • Russian: “Барроу-ин-Фёрнесс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Slovak: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باوو-این-فورنس”
  • Spanish: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Swedish: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Tamil: “பார்ரோவ்-இன்-பார்னெஸ்”
  • Telugu: “బారో-ఇన్-ఫర్నేస్”
  • Turkish: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Ukrainian: “Барроу-ін-Фернес”
  • Ukrainian: “Барроу-ін-Фернесс”
  • Urdu: “باروو-ین-فورنیس”
  • Urdu: “بیرو-ان-فرنیس”
  • Volapük: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • Welsh: “Barrow-in-Furness”
  • “Barrow-in-Furness”

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