Port Carlisle
Port Carlisle is a coastal village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is in the civil parish of Bowness-on-Solway. Its original name was Fisher's Cross, but when it became the terminus of the Carlisle Canal it was renamed Port Carlisle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Port Carlisle, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mais and St Michael’s Church.
Mais
Archaeological site
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maia, or Mais, in Cumbria, England was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, and was the last fort at the western end of the Wall, overlooking the Solway Firth.
St Michael’s Church
Church
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael's Church is in the village of Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Milecastle 77
Archaeological site
Milecastle 77 was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian's Wall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowness-on-Solway and Glasson.
Bowness-on-Solway
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowness-on-Solway is a village in Cumbria, England, and in the historic county of Cumberland. It is situated to the west of Carlisle on the southern side of the Solway Firth estuary separating England and Scotland.
Glasson
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glasson is a village in Cumbria, England, just inland from the Solway coast, eight miles northwest of Carlisle on the course of Hadrian's Wall near Drumburgh. The place name derives from the Anglo-Scandinavian glaise, meaning "a small stream".
Drumburgh
Village
Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drumburgh is a small settlement in Cumbria, England. It is 13 kilometres northwest of the city of Carlisle and is on the course of Hadrian's Wall, near to Burgh by Sands. Drumburgh is situated 2 miles southeast of Port Carlisle.
Port Carlisle
- Category: locality
- Location: Bowness, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.94794° or 54° 56′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.18805° or 3° 11′ 17″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C6RWRX6+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 29278027OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Port Carlisle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Port Carlisle”
- French: “Port Carlisle”
- German: “Port Carlisle”
- Irish: “Port Carlisle”
- Japanese: “ポート・カーライル”
- Polish: “Port Carlisle”
- Welsh: “Port Carlisle”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kirkland Scar and Rampart Head.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Solway Methodist and Bowness Marsh.
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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 “Port Carlisle”. Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.