Skinburness
Skinburness is a village in Cumbria, England. It forms a residential area for the town of Silloth, and is about 10 miles west of Wigton. The Skinburness Hotel was the most prominent building in the village, but was demolished in 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Skinburness, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Milefortlet 9 and Christ Church.
Milefortlet 9
Archaeological site
Milefortlet 9 was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Skinburness.
Solway Community School
School
Solway Community School is a mixed secondary school located in Silloth in the English county of Cumbria. It is a comprehensive community school administered by Cumberland Council. Solway Community School is situated 1½ miles southwest of Skinburness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calvo and Silloth.
Calvo
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calvo is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. Calvo is situated 1½ miles southeast of Skinburness.
Silloth
Town
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silloth, or Silloth-on-Solway, is a port town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The town stands on the coast of the Solway Firth, 18 miles west of Carlisle. Silloth is situated 2 miles southwest of Skinburness.
Blitterlees
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blitterlees is a hamlet in the parish of Holme Low, one mile south of Silloth in Cumbria, England. The hamlet of Wolsty is located approximately 1 mile to the south as the crow flies, or 2.25 miles by road, and Cumbria's county town, Carlisle, is located 23 miles to the east. Blitterlees is situated 2½ miles southwest of Skinburness.
Skinburness
- Category: locality
- Location: Silloth-on-Solway, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.89067° or 54° 53′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.36118° or 3° 21′ 40″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C6RVJRQ+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 48978237OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Skinburness” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Skinburness”
- French: “Skinburness”
- Irish: “Skinburness”
- Polish: “Skinburness”
- Welsh: “Skinburness”
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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 “Skinburness”. Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.