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Carlisle Castle

Carlisle Castle is a stone keep medieval fortress located in the city of near the ruins of . First built during the reign of William II in 1092 and rebuilt in stone under Henry I in 1122, the castle is over 930 years old and has been the scene of many episodes in British history.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carlisle Cathedral and Old Town Hall.

Church
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Carlisle, is a Grade I listed Anglican cathedral in the city of Carlisle, , . is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Carlisle Castle.

Tourism office
Photo: Chemical Engineer, Public domain.
The is a municipal building in the Market Place, , England. It is a Grade I listed building. is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Carlisle Castle.

Recreation area
is a cricket ground in Carlisle, . The ground is the primary home ground of Cumbria County Cricket Club. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1850, when Carlisle played an All-England Eleven. is situated 1,500 feet north of Carlisle Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carlisle and Raffles.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , in northwest England 10 miles from the border with Scotland, with a population of 74,200 in 2024. Most visitors are just making an overnight stop on a long motorway journey, but reasons to linger include the cathedral, castle and museums.

Suburb
or the Estate is a suburb of Carlisle, , England. The estate consists mainly of council built and Housing association properties, and in 1994 had a population of 5,800.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the Kingmoor parish of Cumberland, , England. It is near the city of . Circa 1870, it had a population of 63 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.

Carlisle Castle

Latitude
54.89723° or 54° 53′ 50″ north
Longitude
-2.94191° or 2° 56′ 31″ west
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C6VV3W5+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 205001517
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6287290
Wiki­data ID
Q614836
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Carlisle Castle” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Քարլայլ ամրոց”
  • Catalan: “castell de Carlisle”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Carlisle”
  • Cebuano: “Carlisle Castle”
  • Chinese: “卡萊爾城堡”
  • Danish: “Carlisle Castle”
  • Dutch: “Carlisle Castle”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Carlisle”
  • French: “château de Carlisle”
  • French: “Château de Carlisle”
  • German: “Carlisle Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת קרלייל”
  • Italian: “castello di Carlisle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Carlisle”
  • Japanese: “カーライル城”
  • Malay: “Istana kota Carlisle”
  • Polish: “Zamek Carlisle”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Carlisle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Carlisle”
  • Russian: “Замок Карлайл”
  • Russian: “Карлайл (замок)”
  • Russian: “Карлайлский замок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zamak Carlisle”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Carlisle”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Carlisle”
  • Swedish: “Carlisle Castle”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทคาร์ไลล์”
  • Welsh: “Castell Caerliwelydd”

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