Local Information in Barrow and Furness
Ulverston Market Hall is home to Ulverstons Visitor Information Point. If you're after local information this is the place to go! The stall is staffed by friendly volunteers with a wealth of local knowledge, keen and eager to help you make the most of your visit to Ulverston
I went to Ulverston Market Hall the other day, and let me tell you, it’s a building that smells of ambition and a little bit of wet haddock. You walk in and instantly you’re greeted by that peculiar northern magic – like your nan’s front room but with more cheese counters.<br><br>First stall I saw was selling socks, but not normal socks – these were socks that looked like they’d seen the Crimean War. I asked the fella behind the counter if they were new, and he said, “New to you.” Fair enough.<br><br>Then there’s a bakery. Lovely bread, crusty like a pensioner’s elbow. I bought a pasty the size of a newborn ferret, and I ate it while wandering round looking for a man who could sharpen scissors. Didn’t find him, but I did find a lady selling chutney that smelt like a wizard’s pocket.<br><br>The hall itself is magnificent – proper Victorian bones, a bit draughty, like it might whisper riddles to you if you stayed after closing. I half expected a ghost in a top hat to ask me if I wanted two pounds of kippers and a kiss.<br><br>Ulverston Market Hall isn’t just a place to shop. It’s a place where you can buy three jars of jam, a VHS copy of Patriot Games, and a cabbage that looks like Sean Bean – all under one roof. That’s value.<br><br>I left with a bag full of mystery meat, a candle shaped like a dolphin, and a vague sense I’d been knighted by the town itself.<br><br>9 out of 10 – would return, but only if I can bring my own ferret.
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