Roan Head Car Park

Roan Head Car Park is a parking area in Askam and Ireleth, Westmorland and Furness, England. Roan Head Car Park is situated nearby to Sandscale Haws Nature Reserve, as well as near the forest Little Jack Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Askam railway station and Dalton Castle.

Askam railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Askam railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Roan Head Car Park.

Dalton Castle

Castle

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dalton Castle is a Grade I listed 14th-century peel tower in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Constructed during a period of Scottish raids on Furness, it served as the administrative and judicial centre of the lordship of Furness Abbey, functioning as a courthouse and prison as well as a defensive structure. Dalton Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Roan Head Car Park.

Dalton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dalton is a railway station on the Furness Line, which serves the town of Dalton-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Dalton railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Roan Head Car Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Askam in Furness and Dalton-in-Furness.

Askam in Furness

Town

Photo: James Cocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Askam in Furness is situated 1½ miles northeast of Roan Head Car Park.

Dalton-in-Furness

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 2 miles southeast of Roan Head Car Park.

Marton

Village

Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 2½ miles east of Roan Head Car Park.

Roan Head Car Park

Type: Parking area
Category: transportation
Location: Askam and Ireleth, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.16996° or 54° 10′ 12″ north

Longitude

-3.22659° or 3° 13′ 36″ west

Parking

surface

Operator

National Trust

Open location code

9C6R5Q9F+X9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 126138216

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=parking

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sandscale Haws Nature Reserve and Little Jack Wood.

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