Barrow-in-Furness

This page has information on Barrow-in-Furness Borough and town in the County of Cumbria, North West England, UK.

Barrow-in-Furness local government district is the smalled borough in Cumbria, Great Britain. The name comes from its main town - Barrow-in-Furness. Other towns and villages include Roose, Dalton-in-Furness, and Askam-in-Furness. The borough is relatively densely populated for the county with 924 people per square kilometre. There are over 71,000 residents as recorded by the 2001 census. The borough council sits in Barrow Town Hall.

The district is found on the Furness peninsula on the Irish Sea. It has Morecambe Bay to the South and the Duddon Estuary to the North.

Following the Local Government Act of 1972, the borough was formed on April 1st 1974 by the merger of the former of Barrow-in-Furness county borough and the urban district of Dalton-in-Furness - formerly part of Lancashire.

Town info:
Local nursery websites: Old Vicarage is a Day Nursery in Barrow in Furness Cumbria UK. It offers flexible arrangements for parents and guardians who work changeable day shifts.