North Walney, Barrow-in-Furness

Our scheme to install an active travel route on North Walney, to connect residential areas to key locations and services.

Status:  In construction
Funding: Active Travel Fund 3 (ATF3)
Policy Framework: Barrow-in-Furness Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP)

Project description

We've been awarded funding to develop and deliver a 2.3km route for cycling, walking and wheeling on North Walney, Barrow-in-Furness.

Starting at Earnse Bay, the route follows West Shore and Trent Vale, before running through Vickerstown Park. The route will then rejoin the highway at the Jubilee Bridge junction with the Promenade. 

The route provides a continuous, safe, direct and attractive active travel link for the residents of North Walney. It will improve access to the town centre and provide a link to residential areas, schools and the new Earnse Bay Community Hub.

Drawings 

You can see the proposals at the preliminary design stage in our North Walney route plan (PDF , 3.4MB)

Timescales

  • scheme construction started: August 2024
  • scheme construction to be completed: June 2025
  • monitoring and evaluation: summer 2026

Progress

We've completed several key tasks recently. For example, we have:

The Promenade

  • installed a toucan crossing, a pedestrian crossing that allows both pedestrians and cyclists to pass
  • widened the traffic island
  • installed new signals and signage
  • added protective guarding (guardrails)
  • laid the materials for the new cycle path in this section
  • resurfaced the footway, including the tactile sections for people with visual impairments

Vicarstown Park

  • built edge kerbing
  • installed street lighting
  • installed signage
  • laid the materials in this section for the new cycle path 

'The cut'

  • added edge kerbing
  • laid the materials for the shared use path
  • installed street lighting 

West Shore Road

  • installed edge kerbing
  • built delineation kerbs, to create gentle and smooth transitions between the carriageway and cycle lane
  • added street lighting
  • laid the final surface down for the cycleway and the pedestrian footway

Mill Lane

We've installed edge kerbing in this section. We've also laid the materials for the pedestrian footways and the new cycle path.

Trent Vale

We've installed 20mph signage and road markings in this section. 

Next steps

Upcoming activities include: 

Vicarstown 

  • laying the final top surface for the cycleway and footways
  • adding lighting heads to the street lighting
  • establishing new planting beds 

The Cut

  • laying the final top surface for the cycleway and footways
  • adding lighting heads to the street lighting
  • grass seeding

Mill Lane

  • installing signals for the new parallel pedestrian and cycle crossing
  • laying the final top surface for the cycleway and footways
  • adding lighting heads to the street lighting
  • landscaping

West Shore Road

Our key tasks in this area include painting the cycleway and footway, along with planting grass seeds. 

Consultation and engagement 

We carried out a public consultation on the concept or emerging preliminary designs, between 19 May and 9 June 2023.

Contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions 

Highways Hotline
Phone: 0300 303 2992
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm