Ulverston is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.

Historically in Lancashire, it lies a few miles south of the Lake District National Park and just north-west of Morecambe Bay, within the Furness Peninsula.

Under the Local Government Act 1972 it became a successor parish in the Cumbria district of South Lakeland.

In 1916 a second hospital, run by Lancashire County Council, was built to treat tubercular patients.

[13] In 2009, the comedian Ken Dodd unveiled a statue of Laurel and Hardy (by Graham Ibbeson) outside Coronation Hall in the town centre.

Tremors were felt across south Cumbria and parts of north Lancashire at 11.22, but virtually no damage was caused.

A spokesman for the British Geological Survey stated that earthquakes of such magnitude occur roughly once a year in Britain.

[16][17] Ulverston falls within the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Cumbria.

This is bounded in the east by the Leven estuary, the River Crake, Coniston Water and Yewdale Beck.

[19] The limestone Hoad Monument (proper name: the Sir John Barrow Monument), which offers views that include Morecambe Bay and parts of the Lake District, was built in 1850 in honour of the statesman Sir John Barrow.

[21] The Roxy Cinema opened on 21 June 1937 with 'Rose Marie' starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette Macdonald.

[25][26][27] It served various religious uses until being refurbished in 1986 by Ulverston's oldest evangelical community to open as Emmanuel Christian Centre.

[28] There are four main primary schools; Croftlands Junior (secular), St Mary's (Catholic), Church Walk (Church of England) and Sir John Barrow (secular)[29] and a special education school, located on the site of former Todbusk building on UVHS site.

[30] Ulverston railway station, a short walk from the town centre, lies on the Furness Line between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster, which leads on to Manchester Airport.

Swarthmoor Hall became a Quaker rest house and later became a Grade II listed building.