Kirkbride
Built-up area in Cumberland, England
| Coordinates: | 54.892, -3.202 |
|---|---|
| OS grid ref: | NY 23 55 |
| Population: | 489 |
| Dialling code: | 016973 (Wigton) |
Kirkbride in historic Cumberland is a small, low‑lying village on the Solway Plain, close to the salt marshes of the Solway Firth and not far west of Carlisle. The landscape is distinctly coastal and agricultural, with open fields, hedgerows and wide skies that reflect its position near the Scottish border.
Economically and socially it remains a rurally focused community, traditionally centred on farming and now home to a few small businesses and a tight‑knit village life. The locality is also known for the nearby former airbase, RAF Kirkbride, a 20th‑century maintenance and storage site that has left an industrial legacy alongside the village’s historic church and vernacular stone buildings.
Postcode districts covering Kirkbride
Most populated places nearby
- Carlisle 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Dumfries 20.2 miles32.5 km
- Workington 22.7 miles36.6 km
- Penrith 23 miles37 km
Neighbouring places
- Holme East Waver Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Solway Coast Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Bowness Parish 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Aikton Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Kirkbampton Parish 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Dundraw Parish 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Woodside Parish 4.6 miles7.5 km
- Abbeytown Built-up area 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Wigton Built-up area 5 miles8 km
- Waverton Parish 5.2 miles8.3 km
- Holme Abbey Parish 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Burgh-by-Sands Built-up area 6.1 miles9.8 km
Example postcodes in Kirkbride
CA7 5HY, CA7 5JR, CA7 5JL, CA7 5JB, CA7 5JH, CA7 5HU, CA7 5JY, CA7 5JX, CA7 5LF … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 60.7 miles97.7 km
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport 69.3 miles111.5 km
- Wigton Railway Station 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Annan Railway Station 6.8 miles11 km
Hotels near Kirkbride Ad
- Powfoot Hotel 3 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Wheyrigg Hall Hotel 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Corner House Hotel 3 7 miles11.3 km
- Smiths at Gretna Green 4 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Gretna Hall Hotel 4 9.4 miles15.2 km
- The Mill Forge 3 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Hunters Lodge Hotel 3 9 miles14.5 km
- The Gretna Chase Hotel 3 9.1 miles14.7 km
- Hope and Anchor Port Carlisle 4 4 miles6.4 km
- Solway Lodge Hotel 3 9.1 miles14.6 km
Schools in Kirkbride
- Kirkbride Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Holm Cultram (Cistercian abbey : Cumberland, England) Historic site 4.6 miles7.3 km
- Galabank Stadium 7.5 miles12 km
- Mount Annan Estate 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Kinmount House Estate 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Hoddam Castle Estate 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Carlisle Racecourse Recreation 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Brunton Park Stadium 11.4 miles18.4 km
- Birrens Archaeological site 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Inglewood Forest Forest 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Tundergarth Estate 14.6 miles23.5 km
- Powillimount Beach Beach 14.9 miles24 km
- Arbigland Estate 15.2 miles24.4 km