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Carlisle is the largest City in the
northwest of England, popular for Shopping,
Restaurants, Bar Diners, historic Cathedral and
Castle.
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The Train Station is in the City centre by
the Gates to the Old City centre, as seen in
the image top. Many of the top Hotels are close
to the Train Station.
The Town centre Square, in the second image,
is 300 yards from the main Gates into the Old
City centre. This area has a good number of
Shops, Cafes and Restaurants.
Carlisle Cathedral is next to the City
centre Square, one of the top attractions in
the City. The area around the Cathedral is
extremely scenic, popular with photographers
and artists. The earliest parts of the
Cathedral were built in the 1100s.
Carlisle Castle is on the north side of the
City centre, with a walkway across the main
road. The earliest parts of the Castle were
built in the 1100s. The Castle was fought over
during the Scottish Wars of Independance from
the late 1200s - early 1300s, and the War of
the Roses in the 1400s.
Carlisle Old City Walls run from the Castle
in the north to the Citadel by the Train
Station in the south, about 1 and a half miles
around. The Walls were built around the same
time as the Castle, from the 1100s, by the
occupiers of the Castle, at times Scots, but
mainly English.
The Tullie House Museum is next to Carlisle
Castle, giving information on life in the area
from Pre-History - Today, also with an Art
Gallery.
Carlisle is a good base for visiting
Hadrian's Wall, with the main section of
Hadrian's Wall being about 20 miles west. There
are regular buses and trains to the towns of
Haltwhistle and Hexham, from where you can use
the Hadrian's Wall Bus to
take you around the main sections of the wall
remaining, and the Roman forts and towns.
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Carlisle Old Town Walls
