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Ulverston is a market town in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria in North West England. Historically in Lancashire, the town is in the Furness area 8 miles north-east of Barrow-in-Furness. Ulverston is close to the Lake District, and just north of Morecambe Bay, neighboured by Swarthmoor, Pennington and Rosside.
Ulverston's most visible landmark is Hoad Monument, a concrete structure built in 1850 to commemorate statesman and local resident Sir John Barrow. The monument provides views of the surrounding area, including Morecambe Bay and parts of the Lake District. Ulverston Canal, no longer navigable, was once a vital component of the town's economy and is still celebrated with an art installation.
Ulverston is a comparatively large civil parish. It is bounded in the east by the Leven estuary, Crake, Coniston Water and Yewdale Beck. To the west the boundary follows a chain of hills, and beyond that lie the towns of Kirkby-in-Furness and Askam and Ireleth. To the south is relatively low land, which rises quickly. In the north are hills such as Coniston Old Man. The settlements of the parish are mainly concentrated in the eastern part.
Ulverston railway station, which serves the town, is located on the Furness Line from Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster, ultimately leading on to Manchester Airport. The railway station is a short walk from the town centre. The town is also served by several bus services. These include the X6, running to Kendal from Barrow-in-Furness, via Grange over Sands. The X 12 runs from Coniston and passes through the village of Spark Bridge. Other services include the X 31 to Tarn Hows and the 6A and 6 to Barrow-in-Furness, the largest town in the region.
Ulverston calls itself a 'festival town' in reference to the many and varied festivals which take place in Ulverston over the course of the year. The most renowned of these is the Lantern Festival, which involves hundreds of local residents creating lanterns out of willow and tissue paper and parading them throughout the town in winding rivers of light. The annual event culminates in a lively display of theatrical performance and fireworks in Ford Park, and was organised entirely by the community themselves for the first time in 2008.
Other popular festivals include:
Flag Festival
Dickensian Festival
Beer Festival
Charter Festival
International Music Festival
Furness Tradition
Comedy Festival
Word Market—including 'Pub Scripts'
Walking Festival
Spring Buddhist Festival
Print Fest
Summer Buddhist Festival
Ulverston Carnival Parade
Furness Festival of Tradition
Summer Music Festival
Festival of Fashion
Feast of St. George
Breastfeeding Festival
Another Fine Fest
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Askham-in-Furness Tidal Byway, Cumbria
Tidal bore on the River Duddon 8 April 2016
The river Duddon and its estuary are one of England’s best kept secrets. The estuary is surrounded by spectacular views of Duddon sands and the mountains of the Lake District. There is a small bore that runs up the Duddon on large spring tides. I filmed it from Dunnerholme Rock, which is part of the Dunnerhome golf course. The rock offers an elevated position to view and film the incoming tide and bore on the river. Askam-in-Furness 'pier' is about 2 miles away as the crow flies, and may offer an alternative viewing location; though binoculars may be required to get a good view of it.
The bore rose as it approached the rock, then disappeared (flat wave/undular) as it passed the deeper waters by the side, only to reappear once back into more shallow waters. The noise of the bore and subsequent incoming tide was very loud.
It took about 45 minuntes for the estuary sands to be almost completely covered in water.
High tide expected at Duddon Bar: 9.24m at 12:40
Bore passed Askam pier at 09:45
Bore passed by Dunnerholme Rock at 10:22
Filming location GPS co-ordinates 54.208634, -3.211539
All times BST (GMT +1)
If you are interested in other bores of North West England, search YouTube for : tidal bore rob bridges
Askam Loop part 1
A Ride to Askam in furness passing the Animal park, Black Dog and down into Askam and through the town center and onto the bypass. Part 2 passes through Green Haum down Romney park and up Cemetary Hill to the top and turning down Holly Gate past Railway meadow coming out at the Horse & Jockey, Loving this camera!
Trains including Class 37s and DMUs at Grange-over-Sands Cumbria
Between 2010 and 2016 John Briggs, a regular visitor to Grange-over-Sands (Cumbria, UK) filmed passing trains. Trains at Grange (17 mins) forms a cavalcade of clips, giving a good impression of the typical, commonplace and the unusual, that can be seen on this part of the Cumbrian Coast Railway during this era. The film is presented without commentary or music and train sound is as much a part of the record as the moving images. A young train-spotter with a camera on a selfie-stick starts the sequence, and continues a family tradition well-established by his elders!
Grange is a lovely place for a visit, it's beside a tidal estuary on the edge of the iconic English Lake District, and the town has a long promenade that's great for viewing both sea and trains.
The advent of websites giving real-time train information enabled many of the trains to be captured in a way that would have been somewhat ‘hit and miss’ in the past. This film is a must for armchair train-spotters of any age, especially those who like to see the famously noisy Class 37 locos being 'thrashed' as they accelerate away from the station, their being regularly used in more recent years on this line. Brief glimpses of adjacent stations at Kents Bank and Arnside are also seen.
Through Sandside, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancashire
High tide at Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancashire