Watch Tower
Watch Tower is an observation tower in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Officially, it is a Grade II listed building. Nearby, Piel Castle (1.3 km) heads a list of 10 within 15 km.
Castle near Barrow-in-Furness
Just outside Barrow-in-Furness
Watch Tower is 1.8 km southeast of Barrow-in-Furness. Towns near it ↓
Grade II listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Barrow-in-Furness has 109 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month in Barrow-in-Furness
June to September are the warmest in Barrow-in-Furness, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C.
Watch Tower
Observation tower in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK.
1.8 km southeast of Barrow-in-Furness.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Grade II listed building
- Town
- 1.8 km southeast of Barrow-in-Furness
Map of Watch Tower and nearby
On this map, Watch Tower is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns around Watch Tower, by distance
All of these towns include it on their pages.
Barrow-in-Furness
Make a day of it near Watch Tower
Around it, within 15 km, lie 10 more, including 3 castles, an abbey or priory and a museum.
Castle · English HeritagePiel Castle1.3 km away2
Abbey or priory · English HeritageFurness Abbey7 km away3
MuseumThe Dock Museum6 km away · 68K visitors a year4
CastleGleaston Castle7.2 km away5
CastleDalton Castle9.1 km away6ZooZooSouth Lakes Safari Zoo10 km away7Park or estatePark or estate · National TrustSandscale Haws Nature Reserve11 km away8AttractionAttractionGleaston Water Mill6.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Watch Tower?
Watch Tower is 1.8 km southeast of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
What is Watch Tower?
Observation tower in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Watch Tower?
June to September are the warmest months in Barrow-in-Furness, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Watch Tower a listed building?
Yes: Grade II listed building.
What else is there to see near Watch Tower?
Within 15 km: Piel Castle (1.3 km), Furness Abbey (7 km), The Dock Museum (6 km) and Gleaston Castle (7.2 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Watch Tower: Malcolm Carruthers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Piel Castle: Arnold Price, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Furness Abbey: Francis Bijl from Groningen, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Dock Museum: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gleaston Castle: Chas Hollwey, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalton Castle: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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