Ulverston has world-wide fame as the birthplace of Stan Laurel (Laurel and Hardy - of course!) and there is a Laurel and Hardy Museum to be visited.

Although Ulverston is a medium sized town, and even though there is a large Glaxo factory nearby (it doesn't intrude on the town centre), Ulverston is one of the most pleasant towns you could visit. It has many fine old-fashioned small shops, although some of these are under threat due to the building of a large supermarket on the outskirts. 

In the days of slate mining in the Coniston Fells there was once a food riot here! It's rather hard to imagine at present.