Penrith Castle
Penrith Castle is a now-ruined medieval castle located in Penrith, in the north-west of England, a few miles to the east of the Lake District National Park.Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Grade I listed castle in Penrith, United Kingdom
- Address: The Promenade, Penrith, CA11 7EA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Penrith railway station and Alhambra Cinema.
Penrith railway station
Railway station
Photo: Clive Warneford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penrith North Lakes is a railway station on the West Coast Main Line, which runs between London Euston and Glasgow Central. Situated 17 miles 69 chains south of Carlisle, it serves the market town of Penrith, in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.
Alhambra Cinema
Movie theater
Photo: flipflopnick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alhambra Cinema is a movie theater, which is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Penrith Castle.
Former Grammar School
Library
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Former Grammar School is a library, which is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Penrith Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penrith and Fair Hill.
Penrith
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penrith is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is less than 3 miles outside the Lake District National Park and about 17 miles south of Carlisle.
Fair Hill
Suburb
Photo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penrith is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is less than 3 miles outside the Lake District National Park and about 17 miles south of Carlisle.
Eamont Bridge
Village
Photo: Northernhenge, CC0.
Eamont Bridge is a small village immediately to the south of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The village is named after the bridge over the River Eamont and straddles the boundary between the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland.
Penrith Castle
- Categories: castle, building, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.66205° or 54° 39′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.75731° or 2° 45′ 26″ westElevation
472 feet (144 metres)Open location code
9C6VM66V+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 118990062OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
Discover Penrith Castle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Penrith Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Penrith Castle”
- Chinese: “彭里城堡”
- Danish: “Penrith Castle”
- French: “château de Penrith”
- French: “Château de Penrith”
- French: “Penrith Castle”
- German: “Penrith Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Píoraid”
- Russian: “Замок Пенрит”
- Swedish: “Penrith Castle”
- Turkish: “Penrith Kalesi, Cumbria”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Castle Hill and Castletown.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Penrith Railway Station and Penrith Station (National Express).
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