Castle and Priory Precinct
Castle and Priory Precinct is a neighborhood in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Castle and Priory Precinct is situated nearby to the locality Horseshoe Corner, as well as near the neighborhood The Quayside.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lancaster Castle and Lancaster Railway Station.
Lancaster Castle
Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but it may have been founded in the 11th century on the site of a Roman fort overlooking a crossing of the River Lune.
Lancaster Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lancaster railway station serves the city of Lancaster, in Lancashire, England. It is one of the principal stations on the West Coast Main Line, located 20 miles 78 chains north of Preston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skerton and Aldcliffe.
Skerton
Suburb
Skerton is an area in the north of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, on the other side of the River Lune to the castle. It was formerly a township, but in the late 1800s it was incorporated into Lancaster and the neighbouring townships. Skerton Bridge takes the A6 southwards towards the city centre.
Aldcliffe
Village
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aldcliffe is a hamlet, and former township and civil parish, now in the parish of Aldcliffe-with-Stodday, south-west of Lancaster, in the Lancaster district, in the county of Lancashire, England.
Torrisholme
Suburb
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torrisholme is a suburb of Morecambe, Lancashire, on the North West coast of England. In the 2001 census, the Torrisholme Ward had a population of 6,758 living in 3,118 households, decreasing marginally to 6,755 at the 2011 Census. Torrisholme is situated 1½ miles northwest of Castle and Priory Precinct.
Castle and Priory Precinct
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.0493° or 54° 2′ 58″ northLongitude
-2.8049° or 2° 48′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C6V25XW+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 6537649204OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Highlights include The Storey and 21, Castle Hill.
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