Hindpool is an area and

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Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. In 2023 t ...

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. It is bordered by Barrow Island,

Central Barrow Central Barrow refers both to the town centre of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England and to the electoral ward that roughly covers the eastern part of that town centre. In 2001 5,584 ( ranking 5th out of 13) lived in the Central ward. The popula ...

, Ormsgill, Parkside and the Walney Channel, the local population stood at 5,851 in 2011. The ward covers the entire western half of the town centre and includes Barrow's main shopping district. Other local landmarks include the Furness College Channelside campus, the Dock Museum and the Main Public Library. Hindpool is also home to two stadia -

Barrow Raiders The Barrow Raiders are a semi-professional rugby league team in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club was formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club. For the 1995–96 and 1996 seasons the club was known as Barrow Braves, becoming the Ba ...

' Craven Park and Barrow A.F.C.'s Holker Street. The ward itself will be combined with Barrow Island and Central wards in April 2023 following formation of the new

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Local Authority and be named 'Old Barrow'.

History

The Hindpool Estate appears on an 1843 Ordnance Survey map of what was then the village of Barrow within the parish of

Dalton-in-Furness Dalton-in-Furness is a town and former civil parish in the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. In 2011 it had a population of 7,827. It is located north east of Barrow-in-Furness. History Dalton is mentioned in the Domesday Book, w ...

. Hindpool was at the forefront of Barrow's growth during the late 19th and early 20th century with numerous industries located within the area, most notably the Iron and Steelworks.

Architecture

Barrow being a planned town has many fine buildings to show for it, Abbey Road in particular is lined by numerous

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s including the Barrow Main Public Library, the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Nan Tait Centre and Ramsden Hall. Almost all residential buildings in Hindpool are

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, the population density of the area was 29.86 people per

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in 2001 (three times Barrow average and eight times national population density average).
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Nan Tait Centre The Nan Tait Centre is a Grade II listed building located at Abbey Road in the Hindpool area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Designed by architects Woodhouse and Willoughby it was built for the Barrow Corporation as the town's new Tec ...

(Grade II) File:Nat West Bank, Barrow-in-Furness.jpg,

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Demographics

Retail sector

The vast majority of Barrow's retail industry is located in Hindpool and not the central ward where Barrow Borough Council is seated. The primary shopping district in Hindpool and Barrow itself is Dalton Road and Portland Walk which are located in the south-eastern corner of the ward. Alongside Hindpool's traditional shopping streets are three retail parks, including Hindpool Retail Park,

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and Walney Road Retail Park.

Transportation

Hindpool has a well established road network which includes the

A590 The A590 is a trunk road in southern Cumbria, in the north-west of England. It runs north-east to south-west from M6 junction 36, through the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness to terminate at Biggar Bank on Walney Island.

Walney Road which runs from Ormsgill in the north to Barrow Island in the south. Barrow's principal road,

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also has a 0.4 mile stretch that runs through east-central Hindpool.

Barrow-in-Furness railway station Barrow-in-Furness is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line and Furness Line, south-west of Carlisle and north-west of Lancaster, in the town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. His ...

is also located in Hindpool and the

Cumbrian Coast Line The Cumbrian Coast line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven. The line forms part of Network Rail route NW 4033, which continues (as the Furness line) via Ulverston ...

marks the border between the ward and Ormsgill.

References

External links

ONS: Hindpool Ward All Statistics

Cumbria County Council: Hindpool Ward Profile
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