| On a fine day the southern tip of Walney Island can be glimpsed on the horizon along with Piel Castle in the far distance. |
| Local guidance should be sought if walking to Chapel or Piel islands as fast tides and quicksand can be extremely dangerous. |
| This half opens into Morecambe Bay and includes a number of small islands, of which Barrow Island, Roa and Piel are inhabited. |
| Other islands which lie close to Barrow are Piel Island, whose castle protected the harbour from marauding Scots, Sheep Island, Roa Island and Foulney Island. |
| There were also stations at Piel, Rabbit Hill, Rampside, Ramsden Dock and Strand. |
| In the 14th century Dalton Castle and Piel Castle were built by the abbots of Furness to defend the market town of Dalton and the port of Barrow respectively. |
