Avro Vulcan

Avro Vulcan is an aircraft in Irthington, Cumberland, England. Avro Vulcan is situated nearby to Solway Aviation Museum, as well as near the aerodrome Carlisle Airport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carlisle Airport and Church of St Kentigern, Irthington.

Carlisle Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Supmaboi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Carlisle Lake District Airport is a small airport located 6 miles north-east of Carlisle, England on a plain near the River Irthing. Originally opened as an RAF base in 1941, it came under government ownership in the 1960s before being sold to Haughey Airports in 2000 which was later purchased and rebranded as Stobart Air Limited.

Church of St Kentigern, Irthington

Church

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Kentigern, Irthington is situated 1 mile northeast of Avro Vulcan.

Brampton Old Church

Church

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Brampton Old Church stands about 1 mile to the west of the town of Brampton, Cumbria, England. It was originally the parish church of Brampton but is now redundant. Brampton Old Church is situated 1½ miles east of Avro Vulcan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laversdale and Crosby-on-Eden.

Laversdale

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Laversdale is a village in Cumbria, England, situated to the north of Carlisle Lake District Airport. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 428. One of its more distinctive buildings is a thatched tithe barn, now a private house.

Crosby-on-Eden

Locality

Photo: ally McGurk, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crosby-on-Eden is the combined name for two small villages, High Crosby and Low Crosby, within the civil parish of Stanwix Rural near Carlisle, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Crosby-on-Eden is situated 2½ miles southwest of Avro Vulcan.

Little Corby

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Corby is a village in the county of Cumbria in the north of England. It is east of the city of Carlisle, alongside the River Eden and near to the A69 road. Little Corby is situated 2½ miles south of Avro Vulcan.

Avro Vulcan

Type: Tourist attraction
Categories: aircraft, building, tourism, and historic site
Location: Irthington, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.94179° or 54° 56′ 30″ north

Longitude

-2.8036° or 2° 48′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C6VW5RW+PH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 405997279

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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