Wreay
Wreay is a village in the civil parish of St Cuthbert Without, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies on the River Petteril, and the M6 motorway, A6 trunk road and West Coast Main Line railway all skirt the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Wreay, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Scalesceugh Hall.
St Mary’s Church
Church
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St Mary's Church, Wreay is the Church of England parish church of Wreay in Cumbria. It was designed by Sara Losh in about 1835 and built between 1840 and 1842.
Scalesceugh Hall
Residential building
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Scalesceugh Hall is a residential building.
St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Evangelist is a church, which is situated 2½ miles east of Wreay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burthwaite and Cocklakes.
Burthwaite
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. The history of Burthwaite is synonymous with the history of Blackhall Park Estate also called Blackwell Park in some records.
Cocklakes
Hamlet
Cocklakes is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. British Gypsum formerly had a plant in Cocklakes. It has a lake which is used for fishing. It is served by the A6 road. Cocklakes is situated 2 miles northeast of Wreay.
Brisco
Hamlet
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Brisco or Birksceugh is a village in the civil parish of St Cuthbert Without, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located a few miles south of the city of Carlisle, near Junction 42 of the M6 motorway. Brisco is situated 2 miles northwest of Wreay.
Wreay
- Category: locality
- Location: St Cuthbert Without, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.83259° or 54° 49′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.88232° or 2° 52′ 56″ westElevation
315 feet (96 metres)Open location code
9C6VR4M9+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 243065501OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Wreay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “里厄”
- Dutch: “Wreay”
- French: “Wreay”
- Irish: “Wreay”
- Polish: “Wreay”
- Swedish: “Wreay”
- Welsh: “Wreay”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wreay Village Hall and Wreay CofE Primary School.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wreay”. Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.