Askam and Ireleth
Askam and Ireleth is a civil parish close to Barrow-in-Furness in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.
Askam and Ireleth is a civil parish close to Barrow-in-Furness in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it originally consisted of two separate coastal villages with different origins and histories which, in recent times, have merged to become one continuous settlement. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,632, reducing at the 2011 census to 3,462.
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Worth seeing in and around Askam and Ireleth
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Dalton Castle
Dalton Castle is a Grade I listed 14th-century peel tower in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Constructed during a period of Scottish raids on Furness, it served as the administrative and judicial centre of the lordship of Furness Abbey, functioning as a courthouse and prison as well as a defensive structure.
3.9 km · Grade I listed local museum in Dalton Town with Newton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria , England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Hodbarrow Beacon
Millom is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the River Duddon in southernmost Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, about 6 miles north of Barrow-in-Furness and 26 miles south of Whitehaven.
3.6 km · lighthouse in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03South Lakes Safari Zoo
South Lakes Safari Zoo was a 51-acre zoo established in 1994 by David Gill, and located in Cumbria, England. Its name refers to its proximity to the Lake District, though it lies entirely within the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness on the outskirts of Dalton.
3.4 km · British Zoo · Wikipedia - 04St Mary's Church, Dalton-in-Furness
St Mary's Church is in the town of Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
4 km · church in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Askam and Ireleth
- Airports
- Isle of Man (IOM), 93 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 98 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 107 km
- Stations
- Askam railway station, 100 m
- Castletown → Askam and Ireleth95 km · quickest by road, 6h 45m · $17–23
- Liverpool → Askam and Ireleth87 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £15–19
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Askam and Ireleth116 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £14–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for Askam and Ireleth
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Askam and Ireleth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Askam and Ireleth
Askam and Ireleth is 58 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Dalton Town with Newtoncivil parish in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England3.8 km
- Lindal and Martoncivil parish in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England3.6 km
- Askam in Furnessvillage in Cumbria, England1 km
- Martonvillage in Cumbria, England3 km