Enter your search query in the box below.

Barrow Island Cumbria Map

Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West

Explore Barrow Island, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Barrow Island map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Barrow Island, Cumbria

How to Use This Barrow Island, Cumbria Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Barrow Island, Cumbria, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of Cumbria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Barrow Island and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.

Place	Barrow Island
Traditional County	Cumbria
Unitary Authority	Westmorland and Furness
Region	North West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	54.103320
Longitude	-3.228242
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Barrow Island

Barrow Island rises as a robust testament to the iron and steel ambitions of the Victorian era, defined by its rigid, grid-patterned streets of red-brick tenements that once housed the workforce of a global shipbuilding powerhouse. It lies 0.6 miles south of Barrow-in-Furness (from Barrow-in-Furness: bearing 184°T, OS grid SD 197 681). Salt-heavy winds sweep across the channel, scouring the stone facades and lending a sharp, metallic clarity to the afternoon light. To the west, the quiet, marshy expanse of Chapel Bed draws the eye toward the horizon, offering a stark contrast to the heavy industrial legacy that still hums in the nearby docks. Barrow Island maintains a singular character, where the echoes of maritime toil are softened only by the vast, open skies that stretch toward the Irish Sea. Pedestrians traversing the streets might catch a glimpse of the Henry Schneider Statue standing watch over the transition between the modern shipyard and the older, weathered residential blocks. The architecture here possesses a stubborn, functional beauty, built to endure the relentless battering of the Cumbrian elements. Every corner of Barrow Island reveals the interplay between the hard, unyielding docks and the soft, encroaching tides of the surrounding coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Henry Schneider Statue (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 009° N
Chapel Bed (Wetland) — 0.6 mi, 289° WNW
Water Garth Nook (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 245° WSW
Vickerstown Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 291° WNW
Biggar Sands (Wetland) — 0.8 mi, 189° S
James Ramsden Statue (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 350° N
The Dock Museum (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 321° NW
The Willie Horne Gardens (Park) — 0.9 mi, 348° NNW
Cavendish Dock (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 086° E
Barrow Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.1 mi, 025° NNE · 18 ha
Salthouse Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 083° E
Sandy Gap (Beach) — 1.5 mi, 264° W
Middle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.6 mi, 206° SSW
Lower Ormsgill Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 354° N
Loverholme Bed (Beach) — 1.7 mi, 213° SSW
Low Level Beck (River) — 1.8 mi, 145° SE
Walney Channel (River) — 2.2 mi, 144° SE
South Walney And Piel Channel Flats Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 151° SSE · 23k acres
Furness Abbey Savignac And Cistercian Monasteries: Precinct Wall, Great Gatehouse, 'Chapel Outside The Gates', South West Gateway And Earthworks. (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 031° NNE · 29 ha
Bow Bridge Medieval Multi-Span Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 038° NE
Furness Abbey Visitor Centre (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 027° NNE
North Walney (National Nature Reserve) — 2.9 mi, 333° NNW · 646 ha
Vale of Nightshade (Valley) — 2.9 mi, 027° NNE
Watch Tower (Castle) — 2.9 mi, 133° SE
Piel Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 3.6 mi, 141° SE · 2 ha
Sandscale Haws (National Nature Reserve) — 4.1 mi, 353° N · 262 ha
Gleaston Watermill (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 065° ENE
Elliscales Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.4 mi, 022° NNE · 1 ha
Gleaston Castle (Castle) — 4.4 mi, 062° ENE
"The Plug" (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 352° N

Latest News: Barrow Island

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

BBC World News