Broughton Beck
Broughton Beck is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority of Cumbria, England.
Broughton Beck is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority of Cumbria, England. The village has two sections; one part is on the B5281 Ulverston to Gawthwaite Road, the other part of the village is about 250 yards away, to the north. In the past the village served the farms in the surrounding area; there used to be a public house, a shop, a garage, a blacksmith and a mill. The mill building was bequeathed to the village in 1937 and now serves as Broughton Beck Village Hall, known as 'The Mill Room.
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Worth seeing in and around Broughton Beck
8 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.
- 01Swarthmoor Hall
Swarthmoor Hall is a mansion at Swarthmoor, in the Furness area of Cumbria, North West England. Furness is part of the historic county of Lancashire.
3.7 km · historic Quaker site in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Hoad Monument
Sir John Barrow Monument is a 100-foot tower at the top of the 436-foot Hoad Hill, near Ulverston in Cumbria, England. It commemorates Sir John Barrow, who was born in Ulverston.
2.2 km · monument in Ulverston, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Kirkby Moor
Kirkby Moor is a poorly defined moorland area in southern Cumbria, England, named after the village of Kirkby-in-Furness, but stretching both sides of the A5092 road, and thus spanning the border of the Lake District National Park. The highest area, to the south of the road, and therefore outside the national park, is named Lowick High Common on Ordnance Survey maps.
3.8 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04St John the Evangelist's Church, Osmotherley
St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Osmotherley, 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.
1.2 km · grade II listed church in Osmotherley, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria , England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Ulverston Canal
The Ulverston Canal is a 1.25-mile ship canal that connects the town of Ulverston, Cumbria, England with Morecambe Bay. The waterway, which is entirely straight and on a single level, is isolated from the rest of the UK canal network.
3.5 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia - 06Ulverston Town Hall
Ulverston Town Hall is a former municipal building on Queen Street, Ulverston, a town in Cumbria, England. The building has been converted for residential use.
2.8 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia - 07Holy Trinity Church, Ulverston
Holy Trinity Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in New Church Lane, Ulverston, Cumbria, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
2.9 km · grade II listed church in Ulverston, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria , England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Mary's Church, Ulverston
Ulverston Parish Church is in Church Walk, Ulverston, 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.
2.4 km · church in Ulverston, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Broughton Beck
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 100 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 100 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 102 km
- Stations
- Ulverston railway station, 3.2 km
- Liverpool → Broughton Beck92 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £14–19
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Broughton Beck113 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £14–18
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Broughton Beck101 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £14–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Broughton Beck
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 Broughton Beck. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Broughton Beck
Broughton Beck is 57 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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