As the UK’s sole builder of nuclear submarines, Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria is probably better situated than any other town ...

Amazing historic pictures of Walney taken by local photographers show the island during a time of expansion in the early 20th century. Father-son duo the Sankeys captured the island when it ...

People in Westmorland and Furness are being urged to join the Great British Spring Clean 2025. The campaign, run by Keep Britain Tidy from March 21 to April 6, is now in its tenth year. It encourages ...

Meanwhile, less than 100 yards away, workers are building Britain's next generation 167ft Royal Navy nuclear Trident submarines at BAE Systems' £31bn shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness. Eight people ...

"It's a beautiful setting, woodland walks, stunning when you get to the beach. So peaceful and calming ... families lured by lucrative jobs in Barrow-in-Furness - and the schools are good to ...

It's a beautiful setting, woodland walks, stunning when you get to the beach. So peaceful and calming ... families lured by lucrative jobs in Barrow-in-Furness — and the schools are good to ...

Furness Abbey is well worth a stop on the way into Barrow, and while the town centre ... Walking along its miles of rocky beaches and promenade, looking out over the Irish Sea and spying the ...

On Walney Island, long empty beaches stretch away into the distance ... a BAE Systems training centre for local people, in Barrow-in-Furness (Photo: Tom Skipp/Bloomberg/Getty Images) This may ...

Work to build a nature hub near a beach is set to begin, with hopes it will open in early 2026. Westmorland and Furness Council ... by £2.6m from the Brilliant Barrow Town Deal.