St Michael’s Church
St Michael's Church is in the village of Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “St Michael’s”, “St Michael’s Church, Bowness on Solway”, and “St Michael’s Church, Bowness-on-Solway”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mais and Milefortlet 1.
Mais
Archaeological site
Maia, or Mais, in Cumbria, England was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, and was the last fort at the western end of the Wall, overlooking the Solway Firth. Mais is situated 570 feet southwest of St Michael’s Church.
Milefortlet 1
Archaeological site
Milefortlet 1 was a milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade. Milefortlet 1 is situated 1 mile southwest of St Michael’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowness-on-Solway and Port Carlisle.
Bowness-on-Solway
Village
Bowness-on-Solway is a village in Cumbria, England, and in the historic county of Cumberland. It is situated to the west of Carlisle on the southern side of the Solway Firth estuary separating England and Scotland.
Port Carlisle
Village
Port Carlisle is a coastal village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is in the civil parish of Bowness-on-Solway. Its original name was Fisher's Cross, but when it became the terminus of the Carlisle Canal it was renamed Port Carlisle.
Glasson
Village
Glasson is a village in Cumbria, England, just inland from the Solway coast, eight miles northwest of Carlisle on the course of Hadrian's Wall near Drumburgh. The place name derives from the Anglo-Scandinavian glaise, meaning "a small stream". Glasson is situated 2 miles southeast of St Michael’s Church.
St Michael’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bowness, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.95242° or 54° 57′ 9″ north
Longitude
-3.21361° or 3° 12′ 49″ west
Open location code
9C6RXQ2P+XH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglican
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