Borough of Barrow-in-Furness

Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
Borough and non-metropolitan district
Skyline of Barrow-in-Furness
Coat of arms Logo
Shown within Cumbria
Coordinates (Barrow-In-Furness Town Centre): 54°06′42″N 3°13′34″W / 54.11155°N 3.22614°W / 54.11155; -3.22614
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Historic county	Lancashire
Founded	1 April 1974 (1974-04-01)
Abolished	31 March 2023 (2023-03-31)
Admin. HQ	Barrow Town Hall, Barrow-in-Furness
Government
• Type	Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council
• Leadership:	Alternative – Sec.31
• MPs:	Simon Fell
Area
• Total	30.08 sq mi (77.90 km2)
Population  (2021)
• Total	67,375
• Density	2,200/sq mi (860/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Area code	01229
ONS code	16UC (ONS) E07000027 (GSS)
Ethnicity (2011)	97.1% White British 0.9% White Other 0.9% Asian 0.5% Mixed Race 0.1% Black 0.1% Other
Website	www.barrowbc.gov.uk

Barrow-in-Furness was a local government district with borough status in Cumbria, England. It was named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness. Other settlements included Dalton-in-Furness and Askam-in-Furness. It was the smallest district in Cumbria, but the most densely populated, with 924 people per square kilometre. The population was 71,980 in 2001,^[1] reducing to 69,087 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, Cumbria would be reorganised into two unitary authorities.^[3] On 1 April 2023, Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council was abolished and its functions transferred to the new authority Westmorland and Furness, which also covers the former districts of Eden and South Lakeland.^[4]