Walney Channel
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walney Channel is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water in the Irish Sea which separates Walney Island from Barrow-in-Furness on the Great Britain mainland. The channel forms the head of the Furness peninsula and is approximately 15 km (9 mi) in length.At its northern boundary a permanent water channel separates North Walney from the Sandscale Haws nature reserve on Great Britain. The central channel dries at low tide, where at one time numerous pedestrian causeways used to cross the channel; today, only one remains in this central section. The cha...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walney Channel is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water in the Irish Sea which separates Walney Island from Barrow-in-Furness on the Great Britain mainland. The channel forms the head of the Furness peninsula and is approximately 15 km (9 mi) in length.At its northern boundary a permanent water channel separates North Walney from the Sandscale Haws nature reserve on Great Britain. The central channel dries at low tide, where at one time numerous pedestrian causeways used to cross the channel; today, only one remains in this central section. The channel is spanned by Walney Bridge, opened in 1908, at its central point, the site of a former ferry crossing. This part of the channel was developed in the nineteenth century as Barrow's shipyard grew, the shelter that Walney Island provided the channel making it an ideal port. Dredging of the southern part of the channel was required, and still is to this day, to maintain access to the port,whilst the portion of the channel between the mainland and Barrow Island has been filled and developed to cater for shipbuilding.
