Calthwaite

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Calthwaite
Cumberland
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The Globe Inn public house, Calthwaite
Location
Grid reference: NY467402
Location: 54°45’14"N, 2°49’41"W
Data
Post town: Penrith
Postcode: CA11
Dialling code: 01768
Local Government
Council: Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

Calthwaite is a small village in rural Cumberland, sitting between the small market town of Penrith and the City of Carlisle, Cumberland's county town. It has a population of around 100 people.

The village contains a primary school, a Church of England Church, a pre-school nursery and a pub called the Globe Inn.

Two miles south-east of the village, Brackenburgh Old Tower is a late 14th or early 15th century pele tower adjoining a large 19th-century house at Brackenburgh Hall.[1]

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References

  1. National Monuments Record: No. 1389876 – Brackenburgh Old Tower