Furness is a peninsula and its hinterland, in south-west Cumbria, England. The peninsula juts out into the Irish Sea.

The area was historically a detached part of Lancashire bordering Cumberland to the north-west and Westmorland to the north-east; but was given to the new county of Cumbria in 1974.

Towns in the Furness area include

  • Askam
  • Barrow-in-Furness, Broughton-in-Furness
  • Dalton-in-Furness
  • Ulverston


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