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Longtown

Longtown is a market town in , but in the historic county of Cumberland, England, just south of the Scottish Border. It has a sheep market which was at the centre of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis.
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  • Type: Town with 3,000 residents
  • Description: town in northern Cumbria, England
  • Also known as: “Longtown, Cumbria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Graham Arms Hotel and Castra Exploratorum.

Hotel
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a Roman fort and associated substantial civil settlement now in the grounds of Netherby Hall, . It was first built by Agricola during his conquest of the north in around 80 AD. is situated 2 miles northeast of Longtown.

Manor estate
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a manor estate, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Longtown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Metal Bridge and Kirklinton.

Hamlet
Photo: Adrian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small settlement in , England between Carlisle and Gretna, formerly on the main A74 road. The settlement consists of a few properties clustered around a public house of the same name, on the south bank of the River Esk, in a corner of parish. is situated 3 miles southwest of Longtown.

Hamlet
Photo: Andy Connor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the district, in the English county of . The population of the civil parish of Middle, taken at the 2011 census was 384. is situated 3½ miles east of Longtown.

Hamlet
Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village on the outskirts of Carlisle, , England. The village's name is from Old English tota-hyll "look-out hill". Located north of Carlisle, nestled between the border city and Gretna, is so small that it really is known as a hamlet and not a village. is situated 3½ miles south of Longtown.

Longtown

Latitude
55.00918° or 55° 0′ 33″ north
Longitude
-2.97136° or 2° 58′ 17″ west
Population
3,000
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LTW
Open location code
9C7V225H+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 243094948
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2643617
Wiki­data ID
Q2360370
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Longtown” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Longtown”
  • Basque: “Longtown (Cumbria)”
  • Basque: “Longtown”
  • Cebuano: “Longtown, Cumbria”
  • Chinese: “朗敦 (坎布里亚)”
  • Chinese: “朗敦 (坎布里亞)”
  • Chinese: “朗敦”
  • Chinese: “長鎮”
  • Dutch: “Longtown”
  • French: “Longtown”
  • Irish: “Longtown, Cumbria”
  • Irish: “Longtown”
  • Italian: “Longtown”
  • Japanese: “ロングタウン”
  • Ladin: “Longtown (Cumbria)”
  • Ladin: “Longtown”
  • Persian: “لانگ‌تاون، کامبریا”
  • Polish: “Longtown”
  • Scots: “Langtoon”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لانقتاون، کامبریا”
  • Spanish: “Longtown”
  • Swedish: “Longtown, Cumbria”
  • Swedish: “Longtown”
  • Welsh: “Longtown, Cumbria”
  • Welsh: “Longtown”

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Longtown”. Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.