Barrow-in-Furness
[
1]. The town is situated on
Morecambe Bay facing
Walney Island, a part of which is connected with the borough via Jubilee Bridge, a lifting bridge of the
Bascule type. Half an hour away is the
English Lake District. The town is geographically and historically part of
Lancashire, but has been part of the
administrative county of
Cumbria since
1974.
Barrow-in-Furness railway station provides connections to
Whitehaven,
Workington and
Carlisle to the north, via the
Cumbrian Coast Line, and to
Ulverston,
Grange-over-Sands and
Lancaster to the east, via the
Furness Line. Barrow has a second railway station, called
Roose railway station, which serves the suburb of
Roose.
Barrow's principal road link is the
A590 road, linking it to
Ulverston, the Lake District and to the
M6 motorway. Just north of Barrow is the southern terminus of the
A595 road, linking the town to
Whitehaven,
Workington and eventually
Carlisle.
Barrow is a stronghold of
rugby league, its team
Barrow Raiders play in National League two. Barrow is also home to one of the best supported
non-league football teams,
Barrow A.F.C..
Births* Great Britain
stand-off and
Barrow RLFC rugby football
captain Willie Horne* England
defender and
Liverpool F.C. football
captain Emlyn Hughes* England and everton football club defender
Gary Stevens* Actor and scriptwriter
Nigel Kneale* Scientist and radio pioneer
William EcclesResidents* Barrister and judge at the
Nuremberg Trials William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett* Author and florist
Constance Spry*
Swedish inventor and industrialist
Thorsten Nordenfelt* Actor and television presesnter
Peter Purves lived and worked in Barrow when he began his acting career [
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Barrow Borough Council*
Disease case guilty verdict*
NW Evening Mail*
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