John Whinnerah Institute

The John Whinnerah Institute is a Grade II listed Art Deco building and former educational establishment located on Abbey Road in Barrow-in-Furness, England.

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Type: Building
Description: building in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Also known as: “The John Whinnerah Institute Building” and “The John Whinnerah Institute Building with gate piers to front and bicycle shed in rear wall”
Address: Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Custom House and Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library.

Custom House

Restaurant

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The Custom House in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England is a former government building, having housed the customs offices for trade handled at the Ports of Barrow and Lancaster.

Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library

Library

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Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library is a Grade II listed Beaux-Arts style building located at Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness, England. Operated since 2023 by Westmorland and Furness Council, it is the largest library in the town and the present structure, designed by J A Charles was originally built as a Carnegie library with support from the Carnegie Foundation. Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library is situated 640 feet northeast of John Whinnerah Institute.

Craven Park

Pitch

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Craven Park is a rugby league stadium in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is the home of Barrow Raiders rugby league team. Craven Park is situated 670 feet northwest of John Whinnerah Institute.

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

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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.

North Scale

Village

North Scale is a village and one of only four settlements on the Isle of Walney, Cumbria, England. It is the northernmost settlement, lying a mile north of Vickerstown.

John Whinnerah Institute

Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.11337° or 54° 6′ 48″ north

Longitude

-3.23366° or 3° 14′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C6R4Q78+8G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 339067097

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q6263754

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