Kingmoor Sidings

Places of Interest

Carlisle Castle

Photo: John Gibson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carlisle Castle is a stone keep medieval fortress located in the city of Carlisle near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall. 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.

Carlisle Cathedral

Church

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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 Railway Station

Railway station

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Carlisle, or Carlisle Citadel, is a Grade II* listed railway station serving the cathedral city of Carlisle, in Cumbria, England. It is a principal stop on the West Coast Main Line, 102 miles south-east of Glasgow Central and 299 miles north-north-west of London Euston.

Places in the Area

Carlisle

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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.

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.

Kirkandrews-on-Eden

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirkandrews-on-Eden or Kirkandrews-upon-Eden, in the past known as Kirkanders, is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Beaumont, in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England.

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