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 70 km (43 mi) north of Liverpool and 90 km (56 mi) southwest from the county town of Carlisle. The town is situated at the tip of the Furness peninsula bordered by Morecambe Bay the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. It has a population of 59 182 whilst the wider borough is home to 71 981 people.