Blackford

Blackford is a hamlet in Westlinton, Cumberland, England. Blackford is situated nearby to the hamlet Newtown of Rockcliffe, as well as near the village Harker.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Blackford CofE Primary School.

Lyneside railway station

Building

Lyneside railway station served the hamlet of West Linton, Cumbria, England, from 1861 to 1964 on the Waverley Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harker and Todhills.

Harker

Village

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

Harker is a settlement in the parish of Rockcliffe, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Harker is located along the A7 road on the Solway Plain.

Todhills

Hamlet

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

Todhills is a small village on the outskirts of 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 2 miles west of Blackford.

Houghton

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Houghton is a village to the north of Carlisle in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural. Hadrian's Wall runs past the village to the south along past Whiteclosegate. Houghton is situated 2 miles south of Blackford.

Blackford

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Westlinton, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.95194° or 54° 57′ 7″ north

Longitude

-2.9429° or 2° 56′ 34″ west

Elevation

98 feet (30 metres)

Open location code

9C6VX324+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2477769515

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

12263384

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