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Maritime Apartments', costing around £5 million to refurbish. These are popular with contracted BAE workers, offshore wind farm and rig engineers and those in the construction
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Channel. In 2011, the ward's population stood at 2,616 which although relatively small compared to Barrow's other wards equates to a higher population density, and twice the national average. The island has become notorious for its high
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industry. The land surrounding the apartments and along the main roads has benefited from a £1 million landscaping project to create parks, open spaces and growing areas. These are now known as the 'Maritime
Streets'.
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Buccleuch Dock into Central Barrow. Island Road is a wide tree-lined boulevard that acts as the primary artery through Barrow Island's eastern residential areas.
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Primary School.
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project. The business park will be built over a period of 15 years and once complete, it is expected to have created between 1,200 and 1,600 highly skilled jobs.
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No books loaned from Barrow Island
Library in a Year (BBC News)
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