THERE’S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

WITH A RICH HERITAGE AND A COASTAL LOCATION, BARROW OFFERS VISITORS A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, ATTRACTIONS AND EVENTS WHATEVER THE WEATHER.

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Barrow is renowned for building some of the most advanced nuclear submarines in the world, but also offers visitors ‘more than meets the eye’. Surrounded by sea on three sides, Barrow has a MORE ATTRACTIONS rich maritime heritage centred round its ship-building history, and its coastal location also offers a whole lot more.

With over 60km of coastline, Barrow boasts its very own island complete with a castle and a king, the only grey seal colony in , a range of beaches fit for sport and leisure and is ranked number one in for its quality MORE HISTORY and diversity of nature.

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MORE COASTLINE TOWN CENTRE SHOPPING EAT, DRINK & NIGHTLIFE

As the home town authentic Turkish of one of the Hairy food. Bikers, it comes as no surprise that, like true Barrow is a great Northerners, we love place to enjoy our food and drink. an evening of From award winning entertainment, you pies to artisan breads, will find a diverse Barrow’s town centre range of bars and has a great choice clubs and a variety of places to enjoy of live events such throughout the day. as music and comedy nights. As the evening As you move into the turns to night, you evening you will find will find the majority a diverse range of of Barrow’s late bars and restaurants night pubs and serving cuisine from clubs situated along around the globe. Cavendish Street & You can even book a Dalkeith Street in table in Barrow’s very the heart of the town own cave and enjoy centre.

You will find your food and beverages, favourite high-street a present for your names in Barrow’s pooch or want to town centre, including meet the resident M&S, Debenhams & owls, Barrow market New Look, and there is certainly worth a are also a wide range visit. of independent shops where you will receive Barrow’s festive specialist advice shopping period and a personalised starts from the 23rd customer experience. November with the town’s Christmas Barrow’s indoor Light Switch-on event market is the largest and street performers in Cumbria and is will be entertaining open on Mon, Wed, shoppers every Fri and Sat. Whether Saturday in the run you are looking for a up to Christmas. unique gift, delicious

Find Barrow’s Christmas programme at: visitbarrow.org.uk/christmas FAMILY & LEISURE

Barrow is a wonderful place to visit with children and has plenty to offer whatever the weather.

When the sun is shining make a visit to Barrow’s Victorian Park which boasts a boating lake, a display community managed glass house, putting leisure centre, green, bowling greens, boasting a warm pool sports facilities, a with kids’ slide and large playground and a splash zone. miniature railway. Custom House, Little Barrow’s leisure Subs and The Owl & centre has lots of fun Pussycat all host soft activities to keep the play areas for younger whole family healthy. children. The pool includes a large slide, splash zone Urban Extreme is and wave machine an indoor skate which will keep kids of park suitable for all all sizes entertained. abilities on scooters, Dalton also has its own skateboards and BMX. WHERE TO STAY

Located just a 30 minute drive from the , Barrow is ideally located to use as a base for exploring the Lakes or visiting the many attractions and events within the Furness Peninsula. From luxury hotels to self-catering accommodation and holiday parks, you will find the perfect place to stay at a budget to suit 01229 838282 your needs. visitbarrow.or.uk/accommodation

Abbey House Hotel Abbey House Hotel is just a short drive from the heart of the Lake District. The LUXURY WEDDING VENUE Hotel takes its name from the ruins The Perfect Place For Your Special Day of Furness Abbey which can be found, at the end of our beautiful grounds. At the bottom of the South Lakes lies Abbey House is a luxury hotel and Abbey House Hotel & Gardens which is just a short drive wedding venue. abbeyhousehotel.com from the Heart of the English Lake District. The Hotel takes its name from the neighbouring ruins of one of the greatest Duke of Edinburgh Hotel Cistercian foundations in the country, Furness Abbey. The Located in the heart of Barrow, just a Furness Abbey can be found lying behind the trees, at the end minute’s walk from the train station, of our beautiful grounds. Our luxury Cumbria hotel and this boutique Victorian hotel boasts wedding venue is an ideal place for your special day ... an award winning Cask Ale bar, Grill Menu (served daily) and beautiful contemporary rooms. Book direct for complimentary breakfast. dukeofedinburghhotel.co.uk

Dunes Hotel Stay in beautifully decorated rooms with warming interiors and scenic views of the gardens and Cumbrian countryside. Hospitality at it’s very best, just a short drive from Barrow-In- Furness. theduneshotel.co.uk

Jefferson’s Hotel & Apartments A range of rooms and serviced apartments in Barrow town centre. Jefferson’s pride themselves on quality, service and value for money. For the best deals, view and book OUTDOOR BLESSINGS accommodation online at: jeffersonshotel.co.uk Now Available barrowapartments.com Outdoor Blessings can truly add another dimension to your special day. The hotel grounds extend to over 14 acres of Townhouse.211 private manicured gardens with a number of perfect Boutique in every sense! Located picturesque locations for your blessing to take place. We also in the town centre, Townhouse.211 have access to the romantic ruins of the Furness Abbey which offers contemporary guest bedrooms, fantastic food and a wide selection is a breath taking location for your wedding blessing. of wines, spirits, draft beers and [email protected] www.abbeyhousehotel.com/weddings cocktails. thetownhousebarrow.co.uk Abbey House Hotel & Gardens, Abbey Road, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, LA13 0PA FESTIVALS & EVENTS JUNE 2019 – MAY 2020

SUPER SOAPBOX CHALLENGE FUDSTOCK FESTIVAL 29TH JUNE 2019 31ST AUGUST 2019

Barrow Carnival – 22nd & 23rd June 2019 Comedy Festival - 3rd - 5th October 2019 Barrow’s carnival will travel along Duke St and Abbey Barrow’s very own Comedy Festival will include Rd as it heads to Barrow Park. There will be music and comedy acts and entertainment over 3 days in the entertainment over the two days, as well as a Colour town centre. barrowbid.co.uk/comedy Run event on the Sunday. facebook.com/barrowcarnivalofficial Love Barrow Running Festival - 6th October 2019 The festival will include a measured mile and a 10km An evening with Eddie The Eagle - 28th June 2019 road race on a fast, flat closed road course. Eddie the Eagle Edwards will be hosting two events at Definitely a great chance to grab a PB. the Forum Theatre as part of the Soapbox weekend. The first will be a family screening of the Eddie the Santa Dash - 23rd November 2019 Eagle film and the second will see Eddie joined by a As part of the Christmas Light Switch On, Barrow comedian for an evening of laughter. town centre will be hosting a Santa Dash event, which theforumbarrow.co.uk will see runners take on a 4km course in the heart of Barrow. visitbarrow.org.uk/christmas Super Soapbox Challenge - 29th June 2019 Christmas Light Switch On - 23rd November 2019 Soapbox racers will tackle the Barrow Town Centre Get the festive feeling at Barrow’s Christmas Light course, as they hurtle down a large start ramp and use Switch On, with live entertainment, music and gravity to set the fastest time of the day. FREE family special guests. visitbarrow.org.uk/christmas event. supersoapboxchallenge.co.uk Light Up the Park - 14th December Festival of Transport - 20th July 2019 Celebrate Christmas in Barrow’s Victorian Park, with The Festival of Transport will see classic, vintage and Christmas Carols and live music. FREE Family prestige vehicles line Barrow’s town centre streets. event. facebook.com/huddlehubnews FREE family event. festivaloftransport.co.uk Barrow’s Beautiful Places - 3rd – 5th April 2020 Fudstock - 31st August 2019 Find out about the beautiful places Barrow has to In memory of their best mate ‘Fud’, Fudstock is a one offer with an exhibition on Saturday 4th April and day music festival full of music, love & laughter. special events across the borough. Buy tickets at fudstock.co.uk visitbarrow.org.uk/beautifulplaces

Tour de Furness - 8th September 2019 Keswick to Barrow - 9th May 2020 This charity cycling event takes in scenic routes from The K2B is a charity walking event starting in Keswick 5 to 50 miles and provides a great challenge for all and finishing in Barrow after 40 miles of a levels of cyclist. tourdefurness.co beautiful but gruelling route. keswick2barrow.co.uk HERITAGE ARTS & CULTURE

Barrow has an town. Barrow has a The Forum interesting history wealth of heritage An award-winning theatre hosting a variety of which has seen the buildings including; shows. The cafe, licensed restaurant, bar and town rise into a world castles, abbeys, booking office are open Mon - Fri 9am to 5pm and renowned builder of lighthouses and Sat 9am to 4pm. Book tickets and find out more at: ships and submarines. architecturally theforumbarrow.co.uk interesting buildings. The arrival of the Furness Railway in The spectacular Town Dock Museum 1846 was to be the Hall stands as a This free museum is built in a nineteenth century turning point in permanent reminder dock and is home to a wealth of objects, models Barrow’s history of the achievements and artefacts telling the story of the local area and saw the town of the town and was and how Barrow grew from a small farming village transformed into a completed in 1887. into a bustling industrial town. The museum is fully bustling industrial wheelchair accessible, hosts an excellent café and a visitbarrow.org.uk/heritage brand new playground for 2019. dockmuseum.org.uk

Art Gene A unique, independent arts company and gallery based in the Nan Tait building. art-gene.co.uk

Signal Film Signal Film & Media is an award-winning charity that creates opportunities for all to take part in film and digital art activity from the Cooke’s Studio on Abbey Road. signalfilmandmedia.com The ruins of Furness Abbey are located in the ‘Vale of Nightshade’ on the outskirts of Barrow VUE Cinema in Furness. The abbey was completed in 1123 For film lovers, Barrow’s multiplex cinema is based and passed to the Cistercians in 1147 becoming on Hollywood Park, which also hosts a gym, bingo the second richest and most powerful abbey in venue and several fast food outlets.myvue.com England and is now managed by English Heritage. COASTLINE

Barrow has 60km of diverse coastline to explore, including sandy beaches and areas of natural beauty. Rated as No.1 in England for natural assets, Barrow is a great place to find a range of fauna and flora. Sandscale Haws is an outstanding dune habitat and has magnificent panoramic As well as being a views across the fantastic place for bird Duddon Estuary. The watching, it is also sandy beach and dunes home to the only grey are great for play and seal colony in Cumbria. are home to the rare Catch a passenger Natterjack Toads. ferry across to where you will South Walney Nature find a castle and a pub, Reserve offers where the landlord is stunning views across crowned as ‘King of Open Morecambe Bay. Piel’. Wednesday to Sunday 11am - 4pm

last entry at 3.30pm NATURE AND WILDLIFE SPORT

Barrow comes top Barrow Raiders RLFC of all 325 English play in the Betfred boroughs for Championship which the quality of its is tier two in the landscapes and the professional rugby number of its nature league structure. The reserves in a 2016 season runs from survey by the Royal Feb to Sep with home Saturday. Barrow have Society of Arts. The matches usually played won the FA Trophy South Walney Nature on a Sunday at Craven on two occasions Reserve on Walney Park. Barrow are a with their last win in Island is a great place proud the 2009-10 season. for bird watching and town and would love to South Lakes Safari Zoo barrowafc.com is also home to the is home to over 1000 see the team emulate only grey seal breeding the 1954-55 team of the rarest and most There are a wealth colony in Cumbria. which won the endangered species of opportunities to . in unique natural participate in amateur As well as the natural barrowrlfc.com environments, which sport from junior level wildlife of the area, enable you to get as up to open-age. As Barrow also has its Barrow AFC play in close as physically well as football and own Zoo located just the National League, possible to experience rugby league, Barrow outside the town of which is tier five of the these amazing is a great place to Dalton in Furness. English professional creatures. participate in; water football structure. sports, golf, cycling, Matches are played running, netball, from Aug to May at basketball, martial arts the FBS Stadium, with and even has its own matches usually on a roller derby teams. INDUSTRY PLAN YOUR VISIT

Barrow is renowned for its engineering CONISTON KENDAL THE LAKE WINDERMERE excellence and DISTRICT A591 industrial opportunities. A595 A590 The town’s industrial A590 heritage centres around its working dock, which is currently ULVERSTON the largest operational GRANGE M6 shipyard in the UK, DALTON where BAE Systems A590 build some of the most technologically BARROW MORECAMBE advanced nuclear BAY submarines in the world. WALNEY M6

BAE have also LANCASTER invested heavily in The Barrow offshore their apprentice and windfarm was graduate programmes, constructed in 2005 offering young people and is one of the opportunities to work largest offshore Visiting Barrow by Road and learn in a state-of- windfarms in the From the M6 motorway, exit the M6 at junction the-art environment. world. The windfarm, 36 and continue along the A590 signposted operated by Ørsted, Barrow. Kimberly Clark operate consists of 87 turbines one of the largest and covers an area of Visiting Barrow by Bus paper mills in Europe. 145 square km. There is a daily National Express Coach service to Kendal with a link via X6 to Barrow. Stagecoach in Cumbria and other Operators operate a comprehensive bus service between local towns and the Lake District.

For details contact National Express on: 08705 80 80 80 or use their journey planner at: nationalexpress.com

Local bus services in Barrow are provided by Stagecoach. You can download their timetables as pdf files from the Stagecoach site: stagecoachbus.com

Visiting Barrow by Rail Whether travelling South from or West from Lancaster, the railway lines offer a scenic coastal journey into Barrow in Furness with stunning views and varied wildlife to see on the way. For information on timetables and tickets visit: northernrailway.co.uk Located at the Southern From castles and medieval end of Cumbria, Barrow abbeys to wide sandy in Furness has 60km beaches and grey seals, of coastline, taking in Barrow has something to Morecambe Bay and the offer all visitors. Irish Sea with views over to the Isle of Man and Barrow is a great base to the Lancashire coast. explore the nearby Lake District National Park, Barrow is renowned but also has a lot to offer for designing and right on the doorstep. engineering some of the most advanced This family-friendly town submarines in the truly offers ‘more than world, but there is more meets the eye’. to the town and the area than meets the eye. visitbarrow.org.uk

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