The River Eden is a river that flows through Cumbria, England. It rises on Black Fell Moss, near the village of Outhgill, and runs in a generally north-westerly direction through the Vale of Eden and Solway Plain before reaching the sea at the Solway Firth.

Wetheral railway station

Railway station

Photo: JonnyH, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wetheral is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 4 miles 7 chains east of Carlisle, serves the villages of Great Corby and Wetheral, City of Carlisle in Cumbria, England. Wetheral railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Heads Nook.

Wetheral Priory Gatehouse

Historic building

Photo: Lynne Kirton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wetheral Priory Gatehouse is a 15th-century stone fortification in Wetheral, Cumbria. The priory was founded at the start of the 12th century and the gatehouse controlled the entrance to its outer courtyard. Wetheral Priory Gatehouse is situated 1½ miles west of Heads Nook.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broadwath and Fenton.

Broadwath

Hamlet

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

Broadwath is a hamlet in the Cumberland district, in the English county of Cumbria. Broadwath is on Cairn Beck. Nearby settlements include the villages of Wetheral, Warwick Bridge, Great Corby and Heads Nook.

Fenton

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fenton is a small village in the Cumberland district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is near the small town of Brampton.

Faugh

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Faugh is a small village situated to the East of the city of Carlisle and within 15 minutes of the Scottish Border. The village has always been English however the land of Cumberland was once Scottish with The String of Horses Inn pre-dating the Jacobites rising.

Heads Nook

Type: Village
Description: village near Carlisle
Categories: hamlet and locality
Location: Wetheral, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.88797° or 54° 53′ 17″ north

Longitude

-2.79055° or 2° 47′ 26″ west

Elevation

256 feet (78 metres)

Open location code

9C6VV6Q5+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 243065495

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

12263009

Wikidata ID

Q15058944

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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 “Heads Nook”. Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.