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Carlisle

Carlisle 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.
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  • Type: City with 72,000 residents
  • Description: city in Cumberland, Cumbria, England
  • Also known as: “Carlisle (parish)” and “Carlisle, Cumbria”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carlisle Castle and Carlisle Cathedral.

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is a stone keep medieval fortress located in the city of Carlisle 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.

Church
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, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Carlisle, is a Grade I listed Anglican cathedral in the city of Carlisle, , .

Stadium
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is a football and the home of Carlisle United. It is situated in the city of Carlisle and has a certified capacity of 17,949. The ground opened in 1909.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houghton and Scotby.

Village
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is a village to the north of Carlisle in , , England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of . runs past the village to the south along past .

Village
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is a village in the Cumberland unitary authority area of , England. It is separated from Carlisle by the M6 motorway, and it is close to other dormitory villages in the area, such as , and .

Hamlet
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is a village in the civil parish of , in the district, in the county of , England. It is situated near Carlisle, next to the .

Carlisle

Latitude
54.8948° or 54° 53′ 42″ north
Longitude
-2.9362° or 2° 56′ 10″ west
Population
72,000
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
IATA airport code
CAX
United Nations Location Code
GB CAX
Open location code
9C6VV3V7+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20949228
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2653775
Wiki­data ID
Q192896
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Carlisle” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Carlisle”
  • Arabic: “كارلايل، كمبريا”
  • Arabic: “كارلايل”
  • Armenian: “Կարլայլ”
  • Asturian: “Carlisle”
  • Azerbaijani: “Karlisle”
  • Basque: “Carlisle”
  • Belarusian: “Карлайл”
  • Bengali: “চার্লিসলে”
  • Breton: “Carlisle”
  • Breton: “Kêrliouelez”
  • Bulgarian: “Карлайл”
  • Catalan: “Carlisle”
  • Cebuano: “Carlisle (kapital sa kondado sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Carlisle”
  • Chinese: “卡莱尔”
  • Chinese: “卡萊爾”
  • Chinese: “卡賴爾”
  • Cornish: “Karliwelydh”
  • Czech: “Carlisle”
  • Danish: “Carlisle”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Carlisle”
  • Dutch: “Carlisle”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كارلايل, كمبريا”
  • Esperanto: “Carlisle”
  • Finnish: “Carlisle”
  • French: “Carlisle”
  • Galician: “Carlisle”
  • Georgian: “კარლაილი”
  • German: “Carlisle”
  • Greek: “Καρλάιλ”
  • Greek: “Κάρλαϊλ”
  • Gujarati: “કાર્લાયલ”
  • Gujarati: “કાર્લિસ્લે”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Carlisle, Cumbria”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Carlisle”
  • Hebrew: “קרלייל”
  • Hindi: “कार्लाइल”
  • Hungarian: “Carlisle”
  • Icelandic: “Carlisle”
  • Indonesian: “Carlisle, Cumbria”
  • Indonesian: “Carlisle”
  • Irish: “Cathair Luail”
  • Italian: “Carlisle, Cumberland”
  • Italian: “Carlisle, Cumbria”
  • Italian: “Carlisle”
  • Italian: “Luguvalium”
  • Italian: “Luguvallium”
  • Japanese: “カーライル”
  • Japanese: “カーライルシャー”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾರ್ಲೈಲ್”
  • Kazakh: “Карлайл”
  • Korean: “칼라일”
  • Kurdish: “Carlisle”
  • Ladin: “Carlisle”
  • Latin: “Cardelum”
  • Latin: “Carleolum”
  • Latin: “Carliola”
  • Latin: “Carliolum”
  • Latin: “Luguvalium”
  • Latin: “Luguvallium”
  • Latvian: “Kārlaila”
  • Lithuanian: “Carlisle”
  • Lithuanian: “Karlailas”
  • Macedonian: “Карлајл”
  • Malay: “Carlisle”
  • Manipuri: “ꯀꯥꯔꯂꯤꯁꯜ”
  • Manx: “Cair Luail”
  • Manx: “Carlisle”
  • Manx: “Cathair Luail”
  • Marathi: “कार्लायल”
  • Northern Frisian: “Carlisle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Carlisle”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carlisle i Cumbria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carlisle”
  • Norwegian: “Carlisle”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Carlisle”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cardeol”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Luel”
  • Ossetian: “Карлайл (Англис)”
  • Ossetian: “Карлайл”
  • Persian: “کارلایل، کامبریا”
  • Polish: “Carlisle”
  • Portuguese: “Carlisle”
  • Quechua: “Carlisle”
  • Romanian: “Carlisle”
  • Russian: “Карлайл”
  • Scots: “Cairel”
  • Scots: “Cairl”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cair Luail”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cair Luthail”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Carlisle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cathair Luail”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cathair Luthail”
  • Serbian: “Carlisle”
  • Serbian: “Karlajl”
  • Serbian: “Карлајл”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Carlisle, Cumbria”
  • Silesian: “Carlisle”
  • Sinhala: “කාර්ලයිල්”
  • Slovak: “Carlisle”
  • Slovenian: “Carlisle”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کارلایل، کامبریا”
  • Spanish: “Carlisle”
  • Swedish: “Carlisle”
  • Tamil: “கார்லிஸ்லி”
  • Tamil: “கார்லிஸ்லே”
  • Tatar: “Карлайл”
  • Telugu: “కార్లైల్”
  • Thai: “Carlisle”
  • Thai: “คาร์ไลล์”
  • Turkish: “Carlisle”
  • Ukrainian: “Карлайл”
  • Urdu: “کارلایل، کامبریا”
  • Urdu: “کارلایل”
  • Vietnamese: “Carlisle”
  • Volapük: “Carlisle”
  • Welsh: “Caerliwelydd”
  • Welsh: “Carlisle”
  • Western Frisian: “Carlisle”
  • Wu Chinese: “卡莱尔”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡賴爾”
  • “Carlisle”

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