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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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