Longtown Tower

Longtown Tower is a tower in Arthuret, Cumberland, England. Longtown Tower is situated nearby to the hamlet Metal Bridge, as well as near Todhills.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Graham Arms Hotel and Lyneside railway station.

Graham Arms Hotel

Hotel

Photo: The Carlisle Kid, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Graham Arms Hotel is situated 4,100 feet north of Longtown Tower.

Lyneside railway station

Building

Lyneside railway station served the hamlet of West Linton, Cumbria, England, from 1861 to 1964 on the Waverley Line. Lyneside railway station is situated 2 miles south of Longtown Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longtown and Metal Bridge.

Longtown

Town

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longtown is a market town in Cumbria, but in the historic county of Cumberland, England, just south of the Scottish Border. It has a sheep market which was at the centre of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis.

Metal Bridge

Hamlet

Photo: Adrian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Metal Bridge is a small settlement in Cumbria, England between Carlisle and Gretna, formerly on the main A74 road. The settlement consists of a few properties clustered around a public house of the same name, on the south bank of the River Esk, in a corner of Rockcliffe parish. Metal Bridge is situated 2 miles southwest of Longtown Tower.

Todhills

Hamlet

Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Todhills is a small village near Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The village's name is from Old English tota-hyll "look-out hill". Located north of Carlisle, nestled between the border city and Gretna, Todhills is so small that it really is known as a hamlet and not a village. Todhills is situated 3 miles south of Longtown Tower.

Longtown Tower

Type: Tower
Location: Arthuret, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.99732° or 54° 59′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.96912° or 2° 58′ 9″ west

Elevation

89 feet (27 metres)

Open location code

9C6VX2WJ+W9

GeoNames ID

6288217

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