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Gilsland

Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of , and about 18 miles east of , which straddles the border between and .
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  • Type: Village with 205 residents
  • Description: village on the boundary of Cumbria and Northumberland, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Gilsland, Cumbria” and “Gilsland, Northumberland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Milecastle 48 and St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland.

Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a milecastle on . Its remains lie near the village of Gilsland in Cumbria where it was historically known as "The King's Stables", owing to the well-preserved interior walls.

Church
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary Magdalene’s Church is a small mid-Victorian Anglican church on an isolated hillside in north-east , . Dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene, it is the parish church of Gilsland, but is almost a mile from the village and may have been intended as much for the use of visitors to the nearby Gilsland Spa hotel as for the village.

Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birdoswald Roman Fort was known as in Roman times, reflecting the geography of the site on a triangular spur of land bounded by cliffs to the south and east commanding a broad meander of the in below.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banks and Tindale.

Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England, astride the course of , 3 mile NE of the market town of Brampton. The historic is just a mile to the SW. is situated 4½ miles west of Gilsland.

Locality
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Fell is a hamlet in the parish of Farlam in the district of the English county of . It is to the south of the A689 to road. is situated 4½ miles south of Gilsland.

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
is a market town in , along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Gilsland

Latitude
54.99202° or 54° 59′ 31″ north
Longitude
-2.57294° or 2° 34′ 23″ west
Population
205
Elevation
446 feet (136 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB GIA
Open location code
9C6VXCRG+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20967229
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2648645
Wiki­data ID
Q9268097
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Gilsland” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Gilsland”
  • French: “Gilsland”
  • German: “Gilsland”
  • Irish: “Gilsland”
  • Polish: “Gilsland”
  • Russian: “Гисленд”
  • Welsh: “Gilsland”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Orchard House and Lawn Top.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gilsland Methodist Church and Gilsland 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 “Gilsland”. Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.