Leisure and Activities:
So Many Sports to Take Part In
Where is Barrow?
Find out hereThere is a fantastic range of sporting activities to choose from in Furness, from football and rugby to cycling and golf.
The town also has a semi-professional football team, Barrow AFC, who play in the Nationwide Conference, and a professional rugby league team, Barrow Raiders, who play in National League One. For more information visit www.barrowafc.com or www.barrowrlfc.com
Here is a selection of sports clubs you may want to find out more information about:
- BAE Barrow Cricket Club
- BAE Barrow Rugby Union Club
- Barrow Amateur Swimming Club
- Barrow & Furness Striders Athletics Club
- Barrow Youth Network
- Dalton Leisure Centre
- Dunnerholme Golf Course
- Furness Cricket Club
- Furness Fishing Association
- Furness Falcons Wheelchair Basketball
- Furness Junior Table Tennis
- Furness Rugby Union Club
- Furness School Sports Co-ordinators Programme
- Sports Injuries and Holistic Therapies
- Furness Sub Aqua Club
- Islanders Dance Troupe
- Kentai Karate Association
- Lakes Gliding Club
- Lakes Road Club
- North West Kite Surfing
- Park Leisure Centre
- Roa Island Boat Club
- Shoshin Karate Club
- Furness Football
- Insideout Soccer
- Barrow Sports Council
Visit www.barrowsportscouncil.org.uk for a full list of clubs.
Horse riding
Horse riding is available at Seaview Riding School on Walney Island. The school was established approximately 16 years ago and caters for beginners and more experienced riders. For more information, call 01229 474251 or 01229 475315.
Cycling
The Cumbrian Cycle Way offers between 72 and 80 miles of superb cycling from Ulverston, through the breathtaking scenery of the Lake District, then on to Carlisle in the north.
Inspired by the pioneering Sea to Sea Cycle Route (C2C), the Walney to Wear/Whitby (W2W) route stretches between Walney Island and both Wearmouth, in Sunderland, and Whitby, on the North Sea coast.
Grizedale Forest, between lakes Windermere and Coniston, provides 6,000 acres of woodland for you to explore by bike. It’s a great day out for cyclists of all levels with its fantastic variety of waymarked trails, forest roads and tracks.
For further information visit: www.cumbriawaycycleroute.co.uk, www.cyclingw2w.info or www.grizedalemountainbikes.co.uk
Golf
Barrow has a good selection of golf courses. Barrow Golf Club, in Hawcoat, and the attractive links course at the Furness Golf Club, on Walney Island, both have 18 holes, while Furness Golf Centre has a driving range and a nine hole course.
Barrow Golf Club
Tel: 01229 825444
Furness Golf Club
Tel: 01229 471232
Rampside Golf Links
Tel: 01229 811969
Ulverston Golf Club Ltd
Tel: 01229 582824
Grange-Over-Sands Golf Club
Tel: 015395 33180
Grange Fell Golf Club
Tel: 015395 32536
Beckside Golf Course
Tel: 01539 821415
Windermere Golf Club
Tel: 015394 43123
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