Walney School
Walney School is a secondary school on Walney Island in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. As a result of the Education Act 1944, Walney Island needed to have its own secondary school. Today it is an 11 – 16 Academy with approximately 585 students currently on roll.- Type: School
- Description: school in Cumbria, UK
- Address: Sandy Gap Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3JT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Walney and Dock Museum.
St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Walney
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary the Virgin's Church is located on the Promenade, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness. Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Barrow, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Walney is situated 2,700 feet east of Walney School.
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 1 mile northeast of Walney School.
Walney Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walney Bridge, officially Jubilee Bridge, is a bascule bridge in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Completed in 1908, it spans Walney Channel, linking Barrow Island to Walney Island. Walney Bridge is situated 3,600 feet east of Walney School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vickerstown and North Scale.
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.
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.
Barrow-in-Furness
Photo: Stevvvv4444, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Walney School
- Categories: academy school, secondary school, and education
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.10398° or 54° 6′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.25886° or 3° 15′ 32″ westOperator
Furness Education TrustOpen location code
9C6R4P3R+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 87401696OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q7963553
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