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Holker Street, Barrow-in-Furness

Holker Street is the home stadium of Barrow AFC, currently playing in the fourth tier of English football

This is the ground viewed from the west. A Furness Rovers game is in the foreground.

Holker Street, Barrow

From west showing entrance building:-

Holker Street from West

Entrance to Holker Street (off Wilkie Road.) It seems to be sponsored as the SO Legal Stadium:-

Holker Street Entrance

Pitch viewed from northwest. Note temporary stand addition:-

Holker Street from Northwest

Holker Street from northeast (stitch of two photos.) Again note temporary stand extension:-

Holker Street from Northeast stitch

A view of the stand from before these additions is here.

The ground from northeast:-

Holker Street from Southeast

 

BAE Systems, Barrow-in-Furness

This is probably the most prominent building in Barrow-in-Furness, standing between the town proper and the sea.

It belongs to the town’s main employer and is home to the largest shipyard in the UK, where nuclear submarines are built. Barrow has a long history of submarine construction.

BAE Systems building from bridge to Walney Island. Off to the left can be seen the floodlights of Holker Street, the home of Barrow AFC, the town’s Football League Club:-

BAE Systems Building, Barrow-in-Furness from Bridge to Walney Island

BAE Systems building close-up:-

Barrow-in-Furness, BAE Systems Building

 

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