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Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport in Cumbria, England. Often known simply as Barrow, the town is situated at the tip of the Furness peninsula bordered only by Morecambe Bay and the Irish Sea. It forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. Barrow is located just over north-west of London and south of the Scottish border. Historically a part of Lancashire, Barrow was a small fishing village before the arrival of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-19th century. The building of the Furness Railway allowed iron ore to be transported to the area; the village's location made it ideal for smelting and then exporting steel. The natural harbour the booming town possessed allowed the locally produced steel to be put to another use: shipbuilding. The shipyard became a significant producer of naval vessels and from the 1960s increasingly specialised in the construction of nuclear-powered submarines. The original iron- and steel- making enterprises closed down after World War II, leaving boat building the area's main industry and employer. All of Britain's Vanguard class submarines, which carry the Trident nuclear deterrent, were manufactured at the facility. With the end of the Cold War and subsequent decrease in military spending the town suffered high unemployment. In September 2008, Barrow was named as the most working class location in the UK, ironically in the 1870's Barrow had more aristocrats per head than anywhere else in the country. (via Wikipedia)


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Region: North West England

OS Grid Ref: SD198690

Latitude: 54.1108

UK Parliament Constituency: Barrow and Furness

Longitude: -3.2261

Country: England

Postcode District: LA14

Name: Barrow-in-Furness

Total Population: Borough 71,981
Urban Area 100,000
2001 Census
Town 59,182

County: Cumbria
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Post Town: BARROW-IN-FURNESS

Dialing Code: 1229


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