Ramsden Dock

Ramsden Dock is one of the four docks which make up the Royal Port of Barrow in Barrow-in-Furness, England. It was constructed between 1872 and 1879 covering 162,000 square metres and named in honour of Sir James Ramsden; a founder of Barrow.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St John’s Church and Buccleuch Dock.

St John’s Church

Church

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St. John's Church is a church on Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The church was built in 1934-1935 of concrete with green slate roofs in a modern Byzantine style. St John’s Church is situated 2,900 feet west of Ramsden Dock.

Buccleuch Dock

Dock

Buccleuch Dock is one of the four docks which make up the Royal Port of Barrow in Barrow-in-Furness, England. It was constructed between 1863 and 1872 to the same specification as the attached Devonshire Dock - the docks having been separated by a bridge for most of their lifetime. Buccleuch Dock is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Ramsden Dock.

St George’s Church, Barrow-in-Furness

Church

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St. George's Church is in St George's Square, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is the oldest active Anglican parish church in the town. The church is in the deanery of Barrow, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. St George’s Church, Barrow-in-Furness is situated 2,900 feet north of Ramsden Dock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Headin Haw and Salthouse.

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.

Salthouse

Suburb

Salthouse is an area of Barrow-in-Furness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Centred on Salthouse Road to the east of the town centre it was historically a ward in its own right however has since been subsumed into the wards of Risedale and Central Barrow.

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.

Ramsden Dock

Type: Dock
Description: Dock in Barrow-in-Furness, England
Category: transportation
Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.10115° or 54° 6′ 4″ north

Longitude

-3.21571° or 3° 12′ 57″ west

Open location code

9C6R4Q2M+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 218056648

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dock

Wikidata ID

Q20128015

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