Kirkoswald
Kirkoswald is a village, civil parish, and former market town located in Westmorland and Furness, England, about 9 miles from Penrith. The village is in the historic county of Cumberland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 912 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, England
- Also known as: “Kirkoswald, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkoswald Castle and Lazonby & Kirkoswald railway station.
Kirkoswald Castle
Castle
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Kirkoswald Castle is located to the southeast of the village of Kirkoswald, Cumbria, England. It is built from Penrith red sandstone and is still partially standing.
Lazonby & Kirkoswald railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lazonby & Kirkoswald is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, which is situated 15 miles 32 chains south-east of Carlisle, serves the villages of Kirkoswald, Lazonby and Great Salkeld in Cumbria, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eden Valley and Dale.
Eden Valley
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eden Valley runs northward through the county of Cumbria from its source high on the fells at Mallerstang and enters the sea 91 miles later at Carlisle.
Dale
Hamlet
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. Dale is situated 2 miles north of Kirkoswald.
Glassonby
Village
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glassonby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden Valley, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It lies about 3 miles south south east of Kirkoswald. Glassonby is situated 2 miles southeast of Kirkoswald.
Kirkoswald
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Kirkoswald, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.76481° or 54° 45′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.69325° or 2° 41′ 36″ westPopulation
912Elevation
295 feet (90 metres)Open location code
9C6VQ874+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 23150866OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2645237Wikidata ID
Q2566509
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Kirkoswald” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kirkoswald”
- Chinese: “Kirkoswald”
- Dutch: “Kirkoswald”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيركوسوالد”
- French: “Kirkoswald”
- Irish: “Kirkoswald”
- Ladin: “Kirkoswald”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kirkoswald”
- Persian: “کرکازوالد، کامبریا”
- Polish: “Kirkoswald”
- Swedish: “Kirkoswald”
- Turkish: “Kirkoswald, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Kirkoswald, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Kirkoswald”
- “Kirkoswald”
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