Abbey Road is the principal road system through the English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 town of Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...

, its name derives from Furness Abbey

Furness Abbey

Furness Abbey, or St. Mary of Furness is a former monastery situated on the outskirts of the English town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. The abbey dates back to 1123 and was once the second wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery in the country, behind only Fountains Abbey in North...

 (a former cistercian monastery) which lies at the northern end of the road. Barrow is one of the few planned towns in the UK and Abbey Road was built as the main highway through it. It is a continuous stretch of 2.6 miles of road running from Park Road/ Dalton

Dalton-in-Furness

Dalton-in-Furness is a small town of 8,394 people, north east of Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, England.-History:Dalton is mentioned in the Domesday Book, written as "Daltune" as one of the townships forming the Manor of Hougun held by Earl Tostig. Historically, it was the capital of Furness...

 roundabout in the north to the infamous 'Tesco

Tesco

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 roundabout' in the south (part of the A5087 Hindpool Road) which soon links to the A590

A590 road

The A590 is a trunk road in southern Cumbria, in the north-west of England. It runs north-east to south-west from M6 junction 36, through the towns of Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness to terminate at Vickerstown on Walney Island. The road is a mixture of dual carriageway and single carriageway,...

 Walney Road. Abbey Road runs directly through the centre of the town with a population of approximately 70,000, sites along the road include Furness General Hospital

Furness General Hospital

Furness General Hospital is a hospital located in the Hawcoat area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.-Description and departments:...

, Barrow Park, Barrow-in-Furness railway station

Barrow-in-Furness railway station

Barrow-in-Furness railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. It is located on the Furness Line to Lancaster and the Cumbrian Coast Line to Workington and Carlisle...

, the town centre

Central Barrow

Central Barrow refers to the town centre of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, North West England, UK. Central Barrow is also the name of the electoral ward that covers roughly the Eastern part of Barrow Town Centre. In 2001 5,584 lived in the Central ward, with the majority of people being White...

 and endly several of Barrow's retail parks

Hindpool Retail Parks

The Hindpool Retail Parks are a set of four conjoined retail parks in the Hindpool area of Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom . Some thirty stores and leisure facilities contain a total of over of retail space...

. Devonshire Dock Hall

Devonshire Dock Hall

Devonshire Dock Hall is a large shipbuilding hall that forms part of the BAE Systems Submarine Solutions shipyard in the Barrow Island area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England....

, the central Barrow skyline as well as the Irish Sea

Irish Sea

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 can be seen from the top end of Abbey Road near Hawcoat/Hollow Lane.

Major intersections

Significant intersections on the system include (from east to west with all):

• Hawcoat Lane - Abbey Road - Hollow Lane
• Cheltenham Street - Abbey Road - Park Road
• Holker Street - Abbey Road - Rawlinson Street
• Duke Street
  Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness
  Duke Street is a road running through the town centre and Hindpool area of Barrow-in-Furness, England. Stretching almost one mile from east to west it connects two major A roads as well as intersecting Abbey Road roughly midway...
  
   - Abbey Road at Ramsden Square - Duke Street
• Hindpool Road - Abbey Road - Hindpool Road

Listed buildings

The list below includes all listed buildings located on Abbey Road.

• 298 Abbey Road (Grade II)
• Abbey House Hotel
  Abbey House, Barrow-in-Furness
  Abbey House, Barrow-in-Furness in the modern county of Cumbria, formerly in Lancashire , is a Neo-Elizabethan H-plan mansion built by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1913-14 as a guest house for Vickers Ltd and a flat for the Managing Director, Sir James McKechnie. In its abstracted, military echo of the...
  
   (Grade II*)
• Abbey Road Conservatives Club (Grade II)
• Bar Continental (Grade II)
• Barrow Main Public Library
  Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library
  Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library is a Grade II listed building located at Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom, which serves as the town's main public library...
  
   (Grade II)
• Central Fire Station (Grade II)
• Cooke's Building (Grade II)
• Custom House (Grade II)
• Duke of Edinburgh Hotel (Grade II)
• John Whinnerah Institute (Grade II)
• Nan Tait Centre
  Nan Tait Centre
  The Nan Tait Centre is a Grade II listed building located on Abbey Road in the Hindpool area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Designed by architects Woodhouse and Willoughby it was built for the Barrow Corporation as the town's new Technical School. The foundation stone was laid on 26 May...
  
  (Grade II)
• National Westminster Bank (Grade II)
• Oxford Chambers (Grade II)
• Ramsden Hall (Grade II)
• Statue of Sir James Ramsden (Grade II)