Welcome to the Villages of Askam & Ireleth

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Askam railway station

Railway station

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Askam is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 6 miles north of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Askam-in-Furness and Ireleth in Cumbria.

Church of St Peter

Church

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Church of St Peter is situated 3,100 feet east of Welcome to the Villages of Askam & Ireleth.

Dalton Castle

Castle

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Dalton Castle is a grade I listed 14th-century peel tower situated in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. It was constructed by the monks of Furness Abbey for the protection of the nearby market town, and was the building from which the Abbot administered the area and dispensed justice. Dalton Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Welcome to the Villages of Askam & Ireleth.

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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.

Marton

Village

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Marton is a village on the Furness peninsula in the county of Cumbria, England. It shares a church, a parish council and primary school with the nearby Lindal-in-Furness. Marton is situated 1½ miles east of Welcome to the Villages of Askam & Ireleth.

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. Dalton-in-Furness is situated 2½ miles southeast of Welcome to the Villages of Askam & Ireleth.

Welcome to the Villages of Askam & Ireleth

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