Published December 31, 2022
Things to know from London Heathrow Airport to Kirkby
Kirkby-in-Furness, generally referred to simply as Kirkby locally, is a village in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. From London Heathrow Airport to Kirkby it takes forty minutes of travel. It's located close to the Lake District National Park.
It is about 3 miles south of Broughton in Furness, 5 miles northwest of Ulverston and 9 miles north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is one of the largest villages on the peninsula's north-western coast, looking out over the Duddon estuary.
It has three places of worship: the parish church, St Cuthbert's in Beck Side; a methodist church in Marshside and a Church of Christ meeting house at Wall End. The village has two pubs, The Commercial at Four Lane Ends and The Ship Inn, which dates from 1691, near the railway station.
There is a community centre in Beck Side with changing rooms for the adjacent recreation ground which has a cricket pitch, a football pitch, a crown bowling green, two hard tennis courts and a children's playground.
There is also the old village hall, the Beck Side Rooms, in the old, converted, school buildings.
The cricket club, football club, bowls club and tennis club are all based at the recreation ground in Beck Side. The Kirkby in Furness Cricket Club play league fixtures on a Saturday in the Cumbria Cricket League Division 1 and also midweek fixtures on a Wednesday night in the Furness Cricket League.
Kirkby United Football Club play in the Furness Premier League; Kirkby-in-Furness Bowls club plays a number of competitive matches throughout the summer months and Kirkby Tennis Club compete in the Duddon Tennis League.
The village has a number of active societies, covering a range of interests.These include the History of Kirkby Group, that has a number of publications to its name, the Kirkby Floral and Horticultural Society and the Kirkby Photographic Club.
Routes to explore in kirkby
Kirkby is situated on the A595 giving direct access to Askam, Dalton-in-Furness and Barrow-in-Furness to the south and villages and towns on the Cumbria Coast to Whitehaven and beyond.
There is a limited bus service for Kirkby, the Blueworks X7 service, running on Wednesdays and Fridays only with the morning bus originating at Coniston and the afternoon bus returning to the same location.
This allows a brief return journey to Askam, Dalton and Barrow, the return service leaving Barrow a little over two and a half hours after the inbound service arrives.
Kirkby-in-Furness station is a request stop on the Cumbrian Coast Line, with the rail service being provided by Northern. There are regular services southbound to Barrow-in-Furness, a few services continuing further along the Furness Line
e.g. to Lancaster, while most northbound services go to Carlisle, a few services not continuing the whole way e.g. to Millom.
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