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Barrow – A Town of Opportunity Barrow has a number of strategic assets and proposed

No. Name Description and Drivers of Change investments which provide a platform for growth.
Major employer responsible for delivery of Britain’s fleet of nuclear submarines
1 BAE Systems driving significant investment into the town. 23
2 Furness Building Society Redevelopment opportunity - former HQ for mixed use (4,080sqm) 23
3 Holiday Inn Express £13m invested to convert former Police Station to 217 room hotel
4 Alfred Barrow Health Centre Opened November 2019 after £14 million refurbishment
5 Barrow Central Library £1.2 million investment from CCC to modernise and expand offer
6 North Road Upgrade £6 m invested to boost capacity
Central Barrow Conservation
7 Area Heritage area recognised by Historic England
8 Kimberley Clark £85m expansion to Barrow site approved December 2019
Further Education College providing a wide range of A levels, vocational
9 Furness College education and skills training, including training apprentices for BAE Systems
Barrow Waterfront Business £200m multi-faceted development including new business park and
10 Park infrastructure
Major housing development site with the potential to deliver between 450 and
11 Marina Village 600 new homes
12 Furness General Hospital The largest single employer in the town after BAE systems
Barrow Advanced
Manufacturing Training £3.38m 14,000 sq ft centre to host engineering and advanced manufacturing
13 Centre research, based at Furness College 23
14 Dock Museum 50,000+ visitors per year, exhibitions on industrial history of Barrow
15 Rampside Gas Terminal Major gas terminal employing around 400 people
Key servicing point to the offshore and nuclear sector in Cumbria. A new
16 Port of Barrow masterplan is being developed for the Port.
Barrow Town Hall & Market Grade II* listed buildings at the core of the town centre. FHSF fund proposals to
17 Square support investment in surrounding opportunity areas
Dalton Road and Town
18 Centre Retail Pedestrianised retail and leisure core of the town centre
Hollywood and Hindpool Part of a cluster of some thirty stores and leisure facilities in the Hindpool area,
19/23 Retail parks accounting for 43,000 m2 of commercial space
20 Salthouse Mills 8ha opportunity site, identified in the local plan for housing
21 Walney Coast (Earnse Bay) Important leisure and visitor asset
Home to five O&M bases at the Port of Barrow supporting the offshore
22 O&M Base windfarm developments in the Irish Sea including Orsted and Vattenfall
Increasingly connected to other regions, with direct services to Manchester
23 Barrow Station Airport
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