Devonshire Dock
Devonshire Dock is the oldest of the four docks which make up the Royal Port of Barrow in Barrow-in-Furness, England. Although the dock falls under the control of Associated British Ports it is currently solely utilised by BAE Systems.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Michaelson Road Bridge and Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall.
Michaelson Road Bridge
Bridge
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Michaelson Road Bridge is a road bridge connecting Central Barrow to Barrow Island in south Cumbria, England. The original high-level bridge was a swing bridge and then replaced by a pair of lift and roll bridges constructed between 1800 and 1884 then superseded by a more modern pair of bascule bridges in the mid-1960s. Michaelson Road Bridge is situated 770 feet east of Devonshire Dock.
Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Ian Petticrew, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall is a Gothic Revival style municipal building in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The building, which served as the headquarters of the former Barrow Borough Council, and now one of the bases of Westmorland and Furness Council, lies within a Conservation Area with Grade II* listed status. Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Devonshire Dock.
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 2,100 feet northwest of Devonshire Dock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrow-in-Furness and Vickerstown.
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.
Vickerstown
Suburb
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Devonshire 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
54.10869° or 54° 6′ 31″ northLongitude
-3.23191° or 3° 13′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C6R4Q59+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 218056654OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dockWikidata ID
Q17513996
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