Barrow-in-Furness is a town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. About 55,000 people live there (Census 2021).
As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Barrow-in-Furness can apply to the 285 schemes open across Westmorland and Furness; 1 of them is only for Westmorland and Furness or Cumbria. Updated 31 Oct 2026.
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Coworking spaces, incubators and workspaces a business can use, and venues to hire for a meeting, training day or event, each from its own website. Those with a known address are dots on the map below.
Coworking space · Barrow-in-Furness · Desk for a Day £17.50 +VAT; Membership desk once a month £10 +VAT per month (minimum 6 month term)
Hot desks, dedicated desks, meeting rooms and private offices
Community venue · Barrow-in-Furness
A theatre or auditorium, meeting rooms, a conference hall, event space, exhibition space and catering
Arts venue · Barrow-in-Furness · Studio space: 60 cinema-style or 40 with tables. ICT suite and training workshop: up to 15 classroom-style.
Studios, training rooms, a theatre or auditorium, event space and catering
Schemes for Westmorland and Furness or Cumbria, not for the whole region, which businesses in Barrow-in-Furness can apply to.
Visit Eden
A small tourism marketing grant of up to £500 per project for tourism-related projects, events and activities that add value to the visitor offer or the visitor economy of Westmorland and Furness.
Everything else open in Westmorland and Furness, on its page
Local services that help businesses in Barrow-in-Furness and the rest of Westmorland and Furness. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
Advice, training, funding, networking and start-up help for businesses across Cumbria.
Cumbria Accelerator (Cumbria Combined Authority)
Fully funded one-to-one advice for established SMEs across Cumbria, from the Combined Authority.
Invest in Westmorland and Furness (Westmorland and Furness Council)
Helps businesses start, grow or relocate in Westmorland and Furness, with funding and property search.
Your chamber of commerce: Cumbria Chamber of Commerce (01228 534120)
Open to businesses in Barrow-in-Furness, local and national, soonest first.
What it does, how long it has been going, how many people work there, what it needs help with and what it is looking for: the best matches for Westmorland and Furness come first.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Barrow-in-Furness, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
No in-person events found in or near Barrow-in-Furness in the next 30 days.
Events for Westmorland and Furness, week by weekOnline events
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Barrow-in-Furness is a town in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Barrow-in-Furness; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.
Council areas next to Westmorland and Furness: County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, North Yorkshire, Lancaster
The dots are its workspaces and venues. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics (built-up areas, 2022).
Local Landscape gathers these details automatically from public web pages, and only some have been checked by a person, so check them with the organisation before you apply. Part of Westmorland and Furness. Every area