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The district of Westmorland and Furness and its council were created in 2023. The district covers the combined area of the former districts of Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland. The new council took over the functions of the three former district councils plus those of the abolished Cumbria County Council within the area.
The council area formed on 1 April 2023, on the abolition of Cumbria County Council [6] [7] The council covers the areas formerly served by the districts of Barrow-in-Furness, Eden, and South Lakeland, which also ceased to function. It includes all of the area of the historic county of Westmorland as well as the Furness district of historic ...
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of 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 .
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Cumbria with Lancashire as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the existing seat of Morecambe and Lunesdale extending into southern Cumbria to create a cross-county boundary constituency.
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The Waterfront Barrow-in-Furness is a £200 million development under construction in and around the Port of Barrow, England. The site covers an area of some 400 acres (160 ha) and was due for completion in 2020. [ 1 ]
The council area consists of the area covered by the districts of Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland. [1] [2] These were the first elections to the new authority, with the council acting as a 'shadow authority' until the abolition of the three former districts and Cumbria County Council on 1 April 2023. [3]
Underbarrow is a small village in Cumbria, England, located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Kendal. [2] The village is in the Lake District National Park.It is in the civil parish of Underbarrow and Bradleyfield, in Westmorland and Furness district, and has a parish council. [3]