Walney Meetings (North and South Currents Meet Here)

Places of Interest

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 railway station

Railway station

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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, Cumbria.

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.

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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.

Dalton-in-Furness

Town

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Dalton-in-Furness is a town in the Westmorland and Furness district, in Cumbria, England, 4 miles north east of Barrow-in-Furness. Along with the rest of the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire.

Askam in Furness

Town

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Askam and Ireleth is a civil parish close to Barrow-in-Furness in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it originally consisted of two separate coastal villages with different origins and histories which, in recent times, have merged to become one continuous settlement.

Walney Meetings (North and South Currents Meet Here)

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