North Scar
North Scar is a locality in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. North Scar is situated nearby to the locality West Shore, as well as near Bootle Stone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barrow/Walney Island Airport and North Walney Nature Reserve.
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.
North Walney Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Rosalind Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Walney Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve on Walney Island, England. The reserve, which has an area of 646.5 ha, is notable as a habitat of natterjack toads.
Dock Museum
Museum
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 2 miles southeast of North Scar.
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. Vickerstown is situated 1½ miles southeast of North Scar.
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.
North Scar
Latitude
54.12465° or 54° 7′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.27833° or 3° 16′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C6R4PFC+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 663467091OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Localities in the Area
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