Barrow Municipal Cemetery
23 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
54.12965, -3.22748
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +73 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +73 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Blue Damselfly, Eristalis pertinax +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Bee Orchid, Giant Hogweed, Northern Marsh-orchid +8 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Walney IslandWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPRound tripNational walking route
Furness Haematite TrailWalking route▾
Industrial heritage walks across the Furness Peninsula
Named routeLocal walking route
Cumbria Coastal WayWalking route298 km▾
Named routeLength 298 kmRegional walking route
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Bay Cycle WayCycling route132 km▾
Named routeRef 700Length 132 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route24 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route68 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 68 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route131 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route170 m▾
Named routeRef 700Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cliffe Lanebyway open to all traffic · 307 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 307 mSurface compactedPath type: footway
Cliffe Lanebyway open to all traffic · 183 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 183 mSurface compactedPath type: footway
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The lighthouse monument in Barrow cemetery
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Wildlife to spot
10,336 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,336 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Tawny Owl · Oystercatcher · House Martin · Moorhen +9
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Blackthorn · Hawthorn · Greater Plantain · Creeping Thistle · Rosa canina +116
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,336 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Tawny Owl · Oystercatcher · House Martin · Moorhen +9
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
Blackthorn · Hawthorn · Greater Plantain · Creeping Thistle · Rosa canina +116
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas