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Barrow from Sandscale Hawes in Early January

Barrow in Furness

(1.8 miles, 3.0 km, direction SW)

Barrow-in-Furnace is defined by three things, the glorious red Sandstone ruins of Furnace Abbey, founded by King Steven in 1132, its beautiful sea and coastline where visitors thrill to the exciting sight of tall ships competing in the Tall Ship's Festival, and the magical views of Lakeland's distant towering peaks...

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Parish Church, Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria

Dalton-in-Furness

(1.9 miles, 3.1 km, direction NE)

Dalton-in-Furness can be found at the meeting point of the roads leading from the mass of sands forming the Furness peninsula-one road leads from Ulverston and the other from.....

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Askam-in-Furness

(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction N)

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Borwick

(5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction N)

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Ulverston from Hoad Hill

Ulverston

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction NE)

Old town and port with cobbled streets and a pretty market square. It is surrounded by the Furness fells, Coniston Water, Lake Windemere, and the spectacular Cumbrian Mountains. .....

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Millom Castle and Holy Trinity Church, Millom, Cumbria.

Millom

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction NW)

The town of Millom developed close to the banks of the estuary of the River Duddon. It nestles in the shadow of the Black Combe, beyond which lies the majestic scenery of the.....

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Silecroft village in Cumbria

Silecroft

(8.5 miles, 13.6 km, direction NW)

This little village is set along the glorious Whicham Beck against a back-drop of dramatic scenery encompassing fells and the Black Combe...

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Morning view from moors above Grizebeck, Cumbria. Coniston Fells in the distance.

Grizebeck

(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction N)

This is a place that is all "Morning Glory" as the sun rises over the vast sweep of the moors, nature seems at peace with herself showing an intringent range of moorland colour and newly awaken wildlife creatures, out in search of food...

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A picture of Broughton-in-Furness

Broughton-in-Furness

(10.1 miles, 16.2 km, direction N)

This attractive little place can boast of once being an important market town with a history stretching back to around the 15th and 16th centuries...

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Allithwaite, Cumbria. Holme Lane looking towards Boarbank

Allithwaite

(11.0 miles, 17.6 km, direction E)

Allithwaite is a small village situated a couple of miles inland from the favoured resort of Grange-over-Sands. It is also within easy reach of Cartmel with its racecourse and old priory...

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Dalton Castle

(1.8 miles, 2.8 km, direction N)

14th-century tower built to assert the authority of the Abbot of Furness Abbey...

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South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Dalton-in-Furness

(2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction NE)

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Piel Castle was built because of the Scottish raids in 1322

Piel Castle

(4.9 miles, 7.8 km, direction S)

The last foreign invasion of England took place in 1486 when Irish and Flemish supporters of Lambert Simnel landed at Piel in a.....

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Tern, Hodbarrow Nature Reserve, Millom

Hodbarrow Nature Reserve

(5.9 miles, 9.4 km, direction NW)

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The world famous Laurel & Hardy Museum in Ulverston, Cumbria. Birthplace of Stan Laurel

The Laurel & Hardy Museum

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction NE)

The Laurel and Hardy Museum is appropriately sited in the town of Ulverston, Stan Laurel's birthplace. He was born in 1890, the.....

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Millom Castle and Holy Trinity Church, Millom, Cumbria.

Millom Castle

(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction NW)

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Holker Hall

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction NE)

The tall ornamental chimneys, gables and mullioned windows of Holker Hall stand stark against the vast skies covering.....

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Black Combe, Cumbria

Black Combe

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction NW)

Black Combe stands some 10 miles away from any higher ground, giving it an excellent all-round panorama of land and sea, with.....

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Cartmel Priory

Cartmel Priory

(11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction NE)

Cartmel Priory was founded in about 1189 by William Marshal, and has a long and interesting history to discover. ..

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Lakeland Motor Museum

Lakeland Motor Museum

(12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction NE)

The fascinating Lakeland Motor Museum nestles in the picturesque Leven Valley, at Backbarrow, close to the southern tip of Lake.....

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