Tempest Tower

Tempest Tower is a tower in Orton, Cumberland, England. Tempest Tower is situated near the village Little Orton, as well as near the forest Studholmes Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Cumberland Infirmary and St Luke, Morton, Carlisle.

Cumberland Infirmary

Hospital

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cumberland Infirmary is a hospital in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It is managed by the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. Cumberland Infirmary is situated 2½ miles east of Tempest Tower.

St Luke, Morton, Carlisle

Church

Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Luke, Morton, Carlisle is a church, which is situated 2 miles east of Tempest Tower.

Richard Rose Morton Academy

School

Richard Rose Morton Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the Morton area of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2009, and is in a federation with Richard Rose Central Academy, part of United Learning. Richard Rose Morton Academy is situated 2 miles east of Tempest Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Orton and Moorhouse.

Little Orton

Village

Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Orton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Orton, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Little Orton is due west of the city of Carlisle. Orton Moss lies between Little Orton and Great Orton to its west.

Moorhouse

Village

Photo: Tom Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Moorhouse is a village on the B5307 road in the civil parish of Burgh by Sands in the English county of Cumbria. It is near the city of Carlisle. In 1870–72 the township had a population of 306. It has a pub called 'The Royal Oak Inn'.

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. Kirkandrews-on-Eden is situated 2 miles north of Tempest Tower.

Tempest Tower

Type: Tower
Categories: building, historic site, and historic building
Location: Orton, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.88757° or 54° 53′ 15″ north

Longitude

-3.0169° or 3° 1′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C6RVXQM+26

OpenStreetMap ID

way 547626156

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Studholmes Plantation and St Giles Church.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lough House and Hen Moss Farm.

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