Coastal Battery Walney
This coastal battery was originally built during the First World War. It was modernised and expanded in 1940 with search light emplacements and extra pillboxes.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Flickr
Nearby
Point of interest
Monument
- Remembrance Bench Sergeant Peter William Thorpe - Walney Island - Barrow-in-Furness
- War Memorial Furness Railway Company - Barrow-in-Furness
- War Memorial Barrow-in-Furness - Barrow-in-Furness
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves St. Mary Churchyard - Walney
- Commonwealth War Graves Barrow-in-Furness Cemetery - Barrow-in-Furness
- British War Graves Barrow Cemetery - Barrow-In-Furness
Fortification
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