Canal Foot

Worth seeing in and around Canal Foot

7 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.

1. 01
   Swarthmoor 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.

   3.1 km · historic Quaker site in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hoad 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.

   2.3 km · monument in Ulverston, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ulverston 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.

   1.1 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Ulverston 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
5. 05
   Holy 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
6. 06
   Leven Viaduct

   Leven Viaduct is a railway bridge which carries the Furness Line over the River Leven in Cumbria, England. The viaduct was opened as a single track structure as part of the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway in August 1857.

   1.2 km · railway viaduct over the Cartmel Sands in Cumbria, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St 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.

   2.6 km · church in Ulverston, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Canal Foot

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 96 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 98 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 103 km

Stations

Ulverston railway station, 2.9 km

• Liverpool → Canal Foot

  87 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £14–18
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• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Canal Foot

  108 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £14–18
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Canal Foot

  95 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £14–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Canal Foot

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 Canal Foot. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Canal Foot – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.