Heads Nook
Built-up area in Cumberland, England
| Coordinates: | 54.888, -2.79 |
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| OS grid ref: | NY 49 55 |
| Dialling code: | 01697 (Brampton) |
Heads Nook is a small village in the historic county of Cumberland, north‑west England, lying a few miles from Brampton and within easy reach of Carlisle. It sits on the rolling, pastoral landscape of the Solway Plain with distant views towards the Pennines, and is close enough to parts of Hadrian's Wall country to feel the presence of the Roman frontier in the locality.
The settlement is typically rural in character, with an economy long rooted in mixed farming and livestock, alongside a number of residents who commute into nearby towns. Socially it has the quiet, tight‑knit feel of many Cumbrian villages, with local community activities, small-scale businesses and the layered history of the Anglo‑Scottish borderlands and Roman occupation still evident in the surrounding countryside.
Postcode districts covering Heads Nook
Most populated places nearby
Neighbouring places
- Warwick Bridge Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Wetheral Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Hayton Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Carlatton Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Cumwhinton Built-up area 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Scotby Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Cumwhitton Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Oldwall Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Castle Carrock Parish 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Corby and Hayton Ward 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Brampton Built-up area 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Harraby South Ward 4.3 miles6.9 km
Example postcodes in Heads Nook
CA8 9AB, CA8 9AH, CA8 9AT, CA8 9DU, CA8 9AN, CA8 9AE, CA8 9AD, CA8 9AW, CA8 9AL … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 44.8 miles72 km
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 60.3 miles97 km
- Wetheral Railway Station 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Brampton 4.6 miles7.4 km
Hotels near Heads Nook Ad
- The Fleece at Ruleholme 3 miles4.9 km
- The Sally 5 4 miles6.4 km
- Crown Hotel Wetheral 4 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Howard Arms 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Farlam Hall Hotel & Restaurant 4 5.6 miles9 km
- Cumbria Park Hotel 3 6 miles9.6 km
- Crown & Mitre Hotel 3 5.9 miles9.4 km
- Brooklyn House 5.6 miles9 km
- Ibis Carlisle City Centre 2 5.6 miles9 km
- Carlisle Station Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Bw 3 5.7 miles9.2 km
Local points of interest
- Brunton Park Stadium 5 miles8 km
- Carlisle Racecourse Recreation 6 miles9.7 km
- Inglewood Forest Forest 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Fanum Cocidi Archaeological site 13 miles20.9 km
- Brougham Castle Archaeological site 16.4 miles26.4 km
- Brocavum Archaeological site 16.5 miles26.5 km
- Vindolanda Archaeological site 18.4 miles29.7 km
- Chesterholm (Vindolanda museum) Museum 18.6 miles29.9 km
- Holm Cultram (Cistercian abbey : Cumberland, England) Historic site 19.8 miles31.9 km