North Walney — Barrow-in-Furness
Nortbar two
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By Andy Westwood on 30 Apr 2021
Description
Leaving Barrow Train Station, this route follows Abbey Road through the centre of town. Rather than following the A590 onto Walney, this route takes a slight detour around The Dock Museum and through Channelside Park before crossing Jubilee Bridge. Once on Walney Island, the route cuts through Vickerstown Park towards North Walney
Leaving Barrow Train Station, this route follows Abbey Road through the centre of town. Rather than following the A590 onto Walney, this route takes a slight detour around The Dock Museum and through Channelside Park before crossing Jubilee Bridge. Once on Walney Island, the route cuts through Vickerstown Park towards North Walney
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North Walney
Grid Ref
SD1771369090
Lat / Lon
54.11109° / -3.26018°
Easting / Northing
317,713E / 469,090N
What3Words
expose.spoke.ducks
Barrow-in-Furness
Grid Ref
SD1994269914
Lat / Lon
54.11884° / -3.22631°
Easting / Northing
319,942E / 469,914N
What3Words
fonts.engage.first
North Walney | |
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Grid Ref | SD1771369090 |
Lat / Lon | 54.11109° / -3.26018° |
Easting / Northing | 317,713E / 469,090N |
What3Words | expose.spoke.ducks |
Barrow-in-Furness | |
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Grid Ref | SD1994269914 |
Lat / Lon | 54.11884° / -3.22631° |
Easting / Northing | 319,942E / 469,914N |
What3Words | fonts.engage.first |
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reviews
Hiking Historian
09 Sep 2023A much more preferable route to the original.
From the shops in Vickerstown, we walk through a housing estate before meeting a tarmacced path. It leads through scrub and woodland, and is a pleasant departure from the mostly built-up part of the island. We soon emerge into Vickerstown Park. Passing through a playground, we come to the main road and cross Walney Bridge.
Once over, we enter the riverside path, then follow the yellow, then red, brick path alongside the Channel until we reach the Dock Museum. Here, as with the original, we take the road past the retail parks, then along the main road to the station.
Again, a straightforward and accessible route, with a nice green interlude in the middle.
Mary Oz
22 Mar 2022This route is much quieter that Northbar 1 in terms of traffic noise. A housing street takes you from North Walney along a tarmacked path crossing some untended wasteland between allotments and a community centre – not as unpleasant as it sounds! This leads to Vickerstown Park and then Jubilee Bridge.
Across the bridge the route diverts you around the free Docks Museum which I hope to visit another day. The car park has a warning that this area occasionally floods with very high tides.
Then it’s back past the car-friendly shopping centre, and the main road through Barrow with its interesting old buildings, to the station.
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