Solport
Parish in Cumberland, England
| Coordinates: | 55.05, -2.828 |
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| OS grid ref: | NY 47 73 |
Solport in historic Cumberland, England is a tiny, quietly rural parish characterised by rolling farmland, narrow lanes and clusters of stone-built farmsteads. It is sparsely populated and feels very much like classic northern English countryside, with drystone walls, hedgerows and a landscape shaped by generations of pastoral farming.
Economically and socially the area is driven by agriculture – mostly sheep and cattle – and a low-key local life centred on neighbouring market towns for services. Its appeal is largely scenic and historic: walkers and birdwatchers enjoy the tranquillity, and the parish contains a handful of older buildings and field patterns that hint at its long agricultural and borderland past.
Postcode districts covering Solport
Most populated places nearby
- Carlisle 11.2 miles18 km
Neighbouring places
- Stapleton Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Nicholforest Parish 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Hethersgill Parish 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Arthuret Parish 4.1 miles6.7 km
- Houghton and Irthington Ward 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Bewcastle Parish 4.9 miles7.8 km
- Askerton Parish 5.1 miles8.1 km
- Kirklinton Middle Parish 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Walton Parish 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Longtown Built-up area 6.2 miles9.9 km
- Kirkandrews Parish 6.2 miles10 km
- Scaleby Parish 6.3 miles10.1 km
Example postcodes in Solport
CA6 6JF, CA6 5RU, CA6 6JG, CA6 5RS, CA6 6HZ, CA6 6JD, CA6 6LR, CA6 6LX, CA6 6LL … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 45 miles72.4 km
- Edinburgh Airport 65.7 miles105.8 km
- Brampton 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Gretna Green Railway Station 10 miles16.2 km
Hotels near Solport Ad
- The Sally 5 7.4 miles12 km
- The Fleece at Ruleholme 8.3 miles13.4 km
- Howard Arms 8.3 miles13.4 km
- The Douglas Hotel 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Eskdale Hotel 3 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Smiths at Gretna Green 4 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Gretna Hall Hotel 4 9.9 miles16 km
- The Gretna Chase Hotel 3 9.7 miles15.7 km
- Solway Lodge Hotel 3 10 miles16.1 km
Schools in Solport
- Shankhill C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Fanum Cocidi Archaeological site 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Brunton Park Stadium 11.2 miles18 km
- Larriston Fells Hill 13.2 miles21.3 km
- Carlisle Racecourse Recreation 13.7 miles22.1 km
- Kielder Forest and Water Forest 14.6 miles23.6 km
- Birrens Archaeological site 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Galabank Stadium 17.6 miles28.3 km
- Tundergarth Estate 17.7 miles28.4 km
- Mount Annan Estate 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Inglewood Forest Forest 18.8 miles30.2 km
- Vindolanda Archaeological site 19 miles30.5 km
- Chesterholm (Vindolanda museum) Museum 19.1 miles30.7 km