Barrow Lifeboat Station
Barrow Lifeboat Station is located on Roa Island, near the town of Barrow in Furness, formerly part of Lancashire, but now in Cumbria. A lifeboat was first stationed at Barrow-in-Furness by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1864.Photo: Ercesuzan, Public domain.
- Type: Building
- Description: lifeboat station in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK
- Address: Piel Street, Roa Island, LA13 0QQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Watch Tower and Tower House.
Watch Tower
Castle
Photo: Malcolm Carruthers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Watch Tower is a castle, which is situated 690 feet northwest of Barrow Lifeboat Station.
Tower House
Building
Photo: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tower House is a building, which is situated 680 feet northwest of Barrow Lifeboat Station.
Piel Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piel Island lies in Morecambe Bay, around 1⁄2 mile off the southern tip of the Furness peninsula in the administrative county of Cumbria, England. It is one of the Islands of Furness, three of which sit near to Piel at the mouth of Walney Channel. Piel Island is situated 3,000 feet south of Barrow Lifeboat Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roa Island and Rampside.
Roa Island
Village
Photo: Malcolm Carruthers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roa Island lies just over half a mile south of the village of Rampside at the southernmost point of the Furness Peninsula in Cumbria, formerly in the county of Lancashire north of the sands.
Rampside
Village
Photo: Vishnumukundan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rampside is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located a few miles south-east of the town of Barrow-in-Furness, in the north-western corner of Morecambe Bay on the Furness peninsula.
Headin Haw
Locality
Headin Haw, also spelled Headen Haw, is part of the Islands of Furness. It is a small tidal island approximately 200 metres off the coast of Cumbria, England, adjacent to the town of Barrow-in-Furness. Headin Haw is situated 2 miles northwest of Barrow Lifeboat Station.
Barrow Lifeboat Station
- Category: lifeboat station
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.07251° or 54° 4′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.17339° or 3° 10′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C6R3RFG+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 177058373OpenStreetMap feature
building=boathouseWikidata ID
Q108283831
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