Carlisle Priors Tower
Carlisle Priors Tower is a tower in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. Carlisle Priors Tower is situated nearby to the church Carlisle Cathedral, as well as near Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carlisle Cathedral and Carlisle Castle.
Carlisle Cathedral
Church
Carlisle Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Carlisle, is a Grade I listed Anglican cathedral in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England.
Carlisle Castle
Carlisle Castle is a medieval stone fortress located in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, near the site of Hadrian's Wall and the Roman fortress of Luguvalium. Carlisle Castle is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Carlisle Priors Tower.Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, officially known as Tullie since July 2024, is a museum in Carlisle, England. Opened by the Carlisle Corporation in 1893, the original building is a converted Jacobean mansion, with extensions added when it was converted. Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery is situated 490 feet northwest of Carlisle Priors Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carlisle and Raffles.
Carlisle
Carlisle is a city in Cumbria, 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.Raffles
Suburb
Raffles or the Raffles Estate is a suburb of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The estate consists mainly of council built and Housing association properties, and in 1994 had a population of 5,800.
Rickerby
Hamlet
Rickerby is a village in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is situated near Carlisle, next to the River Eden.
Carlisle Priors Tower
- Type: Tower
- Also known as: “Prior’s Tower”
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.89427° or 54° 53′ 39″ north
Longitude
-2.93952° or 2° 56′ 22″ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
9C6VV3V6+P5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tower
OpenStreetMap feature
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