St Walburga’s Convent

St Walburga's Convent stands to the north of Balmoral Road, Lancaster, in Lancashire, England. It was built in 1851–53, and designed by the local architect E.

Type: Building
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: architectural structure in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK
Also known as: “St Walburga’s Convent, Lancaster”
Address: Balmoral Road, Lancaster
Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lancaster Cathedral and Lancaster Castle.

Lancaster Cathedral

Church

Photo: The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lancaster Cathedral, also known as The Cathedral Church of St Peter and Saint Peter's Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

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 Castle is situated 2,800 feet northwest of St Walburga’s Convent.

Grand Theatre

Theater building

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The Grand Theatre in Lancaster, England is one of the oldest theatres in England and the third oldest in Britain, having been in near continuous use since 1782. Grand Theatre is situated 1,400 feet northwest of St Walburga’s Convent.

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.

Stodday

Hamlet

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stodday is a hamlet in the civil parish of Aldcliffe-with-Stodday, in the Lancaster district, in the county of Lancashire, England. It is just south of the city of Lancaster, near the A588 road and the River Lune. Stodday is situated 2 miles southwest of St Walburga’s Convent.

St Walburga’s Convent

Category: architectural structure
Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.04677° or 54° 2′ 48″ north

Longitude

-2.79341° or 2° 47′ 36″ west

Inception

1851

Levels

Open location code

9C6V26W4+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 889325938

OpenStreetMap feature

building=convent

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

OpenStreetMap attribute

roof-shape=gabled

Wikidata ID

Q7595624

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