Urswick

Worth seeing in and around Urswick

6 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
   Gleaston 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.

   2.8 km · 14th-century enclosure castle in England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Birkrigg stone circle

   The Birkrigg stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle on Birkrigg Common, two miles south of Ulverston in the English county of Cumbria.

   2.4 km · archaeological site in Urswick, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   3.4 km · historic Quaker site in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   South 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.

   3.2 km · British Zoo · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St 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.

   0 m · church in Great Urswick, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Michael's Church, Pennington

   St Michael's Church is in the village of Pennington, 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.

   3.3 km · church in Pennington, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Urswick

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 93 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 98 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 101 km

Stations

Dalton railway station, 3.7 km

• Liverpool → Urswick

  83 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £14–19
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• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Urswick

  111 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £14–19
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Urswick

  95 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £14–19
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