Dock Museum

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.

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Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
Email: dockmuseum@barrowbc.gov.uk
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: “The Dock Museum”
Address: North Road, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 2PW
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library and Craven Park.

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 2,100 feet northeast of Dock Museum.

Craven Park

Pitch

Photo: Rosalind Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 1,500 feet northeast of Dock Museum.

Devonshire Dock Hall

Factory

Photo: Stephen Middlemiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Devonshire Dock Hall is a large indoor shipbuilding and assembly complex that forms part of the BAE Systems shipyard in the Barrow Island area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Devonshire Dock Hall is situated 860 feet southeast of Dock Museum.

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.

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.

Dock Museum

Categories: maritime museum, local museum, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.112° or 54° 6′ 43″ north

Longitude

-3.24011° or 3° 14′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C6R4Q65+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 93108306

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

Wikidata ID

Q5287197

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