Historic Carlisle
Location
Carlisle City's historic quarter
Directions
- Start the route from any point and follow it at your leisure.
Highlights
- Bitts Park
- Carlisle Castle (English Heritage)
- Luguvalium, the site of the roman fort at Carlisle, lies partly buried beneath the castle keep
- Carlisle Cathedral
- Carlisle Citadel
- Guildhall Museum
- Rickerby Park
- River Eden and riverside parkland
- Sands Leisure Centre
- The Lanes Shopping Centre
- Town Walls
- Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Nearby attractions
- Bewcastle Cross and Church
- Carlisle Racecourse
- Gretna Green (shopping outlet)
- Houghton Hall Garden Centre
- Lanercost Priory (English Heritage)
- New Mills Trout Farm (Brampton)
- Solway Aviation Museum (Carlisle Airport)
- Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Stony Holme Golf Course
- Stanwix (Petrianum) Hadrian’s Wall fort and settlement (Grid Ref: NY401571)
- Talkin Tarn Country Park (near Brampton)
- Walby Farm Park (Crosby)
Route image:
[2]Route type:
Circular
Distance:
1 1/2 miles
Estimated walk time:
1 hour for walk plus browsing time
Grade:
Easy
Suggested start/finish:
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery (Grid Ref: NY 398 560)
Tourist information:
Carlisle Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01228 625600
Public transport:
Tyne Valley Railway Line to Newcastle; Terminus of the Settle to Carlisle Railway; AD122 Hadrian’s Wall Country Bus (between Easter and October); 685 bus to Newcastle; Local buses for Cumbria and southern Scotland.
Ordnance Survey Map:
Explorer 315 Carlisle
Places to eat and drink:
Carlisle Cathedral (Prior’s Kitchen); Tullie House (Garden Restaurant); Sands Leisure Centre café; plus many other cafés, pubs and restaurants in Carlisle
Other walks in this area:
Rickerby Park in Carlisle. (Enquire at Tourist Information Centre)