Southwaite
| Southwaite | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 River Petteril at Southwaite | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY449451 |
| Location: | 54°47’53"N, 2°51’25"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Carlisle |
| Postcode: | CA4 |
| Dialling code: | 016974 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and The Border |
Southwaite is a small village in beside the River Petteril in Cumberland, within the ancient bounds of the Inglewood Forest.[1].
Location
The village s to be found on a minor road about a mile and a half away from the A6 road and about a mile away from the M6 motorway: the motorway's Southwaite Services are named after the village.
The West Coast Main Line runs through the middle of the village and the River Petteril is nearby. Once there was a railway station here, called 'Southwaite' but it was closed in 1952.
Nearby are such villages as Ivegill, Low Hesket and High Hesket, and the hamlet of Mellguards.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Southwaite) |
- Southwaite on About Britain
References
- ↑ Pembroke, Suzanna (December 2005). Archaeological Desk-based Assessment of Thackwood Landfill Site, Southwaite, Carlisle. AOC Archaeology Group. http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-414-1/dissemination/pdf/aocarcha1-12803_1.pdf. Retrieved 21 June 2015.