Carlisle
Built-up area in Cumberland, England
| Coordinates: | 54.9, -2.934 |
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| OS grid ref: | NY 40 56 |
| Population: | 78,470 |
| Dialling code: | 01228 |
Carlisle sits at the mouth of the River Eden close to the Anglo‑Scottish border in historic Cumberland, in north‑west England. With Roman origins at the western end of Hadrian's Wall, a medieval castle and a cathedral, the compact historic centre still shows the imprint of centuries as a frontier settlement.
Today it functions as a regional hub - a retail and public‑sector centre with logistics and tourism links and a gateway to the Lake District - and institutions such as Tullie House interpret its archaeology, border history and industrial past, all of which continue to shape the city's character and economy.
Postcode districts covering Carlisle
Most populated places nearby
- Penrith 16.4 miles26.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Castle Ward 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Stanwix Urban Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Currock Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Botcherby Ward 1.3 miles2 km
- Belah Ward 1.3 miles2 km
- Denton Holme Ward 1.3 miles2 km
- Houghton Built-up area 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Belle Vue Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Morton Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Upperby Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Harraby North Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Kingmoor Parish 1.9 miles3 km
Example postcodes in Carlisle
CA2 7HP, CA1 3DZ, CA2 7SB, CA3 9QA, CA2 7QG, CA2 4PR, CA2 5BT, CA1 2JE, CA2 7LF … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 50.2 miles80.8 km
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 65.9 miles106 km
- Carlisle Railway Station 0.7 miles1 km
- Wetheral Railway Station 4.2 miles6.8 km
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Schools in Carlisle
- Austin Friars Independent - all ages
- Belle Vue Primary School Primary
- Brook Street Primary School Primary
- Inglewood Infant School Primary
- Inglewood Junior School Primary
- James Rennie School Special
- Kingmoor Junior School Primary
- Kingmoor Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Newlaithes Infant School Primary
- Newlaithes Junior School Primary
- Norman Street Primary School Primary
- Pennine Way Primary School Primary
- Petteril Bank School Primary
- Progress Schools - Carlisle Independent - special
- Richard Rose Central Academy Secondary
- Richard Rose Morton Academy Secondary
- Robert Ferguson Primary School Primary
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Carlisle Primary
- … See all
Local points of interest
- Brunton Park Stadium 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Carlisle Racecourse Recreation 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Inglewood Forest Forest 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Holm Cultram (Cistercian abbey : Cumberland, England) Historic site 14.4 miles23.1 km
- Galabank Stadium 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Mount Annan Estate 14.9 miles23.9 km
- Fanum Cocidi Archaeological site 15.2 miles24.4 km
- Birrens Archaeological site 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Hoddam Castle Estate 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Kinmount House Estate 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Tundergarth Estate 19.1 miles30.7 km
- Brougham Castle Archaeological site 19.1 miles30.7 km