Gleaston
Gleaston is a village with a population of around 400 in the Furness area of South Cumbria, situated between the towns of Barrow-in-Furness, Dalton-in-Furness and Ulverston.
Gleaston is a village with a population of around 400 in the Furness area of South Cumbria, situated between the towns of Barrow-in-Furness, Dalton-in-Furness and Ulverston. Historically in Lancashire, the history of the village can be traced as far back as the Mesolithic period and it was the centre of the manor of Muchland in the Middle Ages. Today it is largely a commuter village for the nearby towns, but its past is still visible in the remains of Gleaston Castle and Gleaston Water Mill, which is open as a tourist attraction.
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Worth seeing in and around Gleaston
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.
- 01Furness Abbey
Furness Abbey, or St. Mary of Furness, is a former monastery located to the north of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.
3.9 km · abbey in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Gleaston Castle
Gleaston Castle is a medieval building in a valley about 1 kilometre north-east of the village of Gleaston. The village lies between the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness in the Furness peninsula, Cumbria, England.
900 m · 14th-century enclosure castle in England · Wikipedia - 03St Mary and St Michael's Church, Great Urswick
St Mary and St Michael's Church is in the village of Great Urswick, 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.
3.7 km · church in Great Urswick, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Bow Bridge
Bow Bridge is a late medieval multi-span bridge located near Furness Abbey in Cumbria and built in the 1500s. It is made of local red sandstone stone and crosses Mill Beck.
3.3 km · bridge in Barrow, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gleaston
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 90 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 97 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 101 km
- Stations
- Roose railway station, 3.8 km · Dalton railway station, 3.9 km · Furness Abbey railway station, 3.9 km
- Liverpool → Gleaston81 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £15–19
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Gleaston110 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · £14–19
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Gleaston93 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £14–19
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gleaston
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 Gleaston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Gleaston
Gleaston is 50 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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