Northscale at Leighton Drive
Northscale at Leighton Drive is a bus stop in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Northscale at Leighton Drive is situated nearby to the pitch North Scale Crown Green Bowls Club, as well as near Walney Fire Station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dock Museum and Barrow/Walney Island Airport.
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. Dock Museum is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Northscale at Leighton Drive.
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 Main Public Library
Library
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Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library is a Grade II listed Beaux-Arts style building located at Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness, England. Operated since 2023 by Westmorland and Furness Council, it is the largest library in the town and the present structure, designed by J A Charles was originally built as a Carnegie library with support from the Carnegie Foundation. Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library is situated 1 mile east of Northscale at Leighton Drive.
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
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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.
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.
Northscale at Leighton Drive
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.11831° or 54° 7′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.25241° or 3° 15′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C6R4P9X+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 486586506OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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