Kirkbride

Kirkbride
Cumberland
The Bush public house, Kirkbride
Location
Grid reference:	NY228564
Location:	54°53’49"N, 3°12’11"W
Data
Population:	489  (2011)
Post town:	Wigton
Postcode:	CA7
Dialling code:	016973
Local Government
Council:	Cumberland
Parliamentary constituency:	Workington

Kirkbride is a village in Cumberland; a modest place with a parish population at the 2011 census of just 489.

Significant remains of ancient history are close to Kirkbride including the Kirkbride Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall some miles to the north. Hadrian's Wall in this western reach and the Kirkbride fort were originally of turf and timber construction due to the paucity of available stone in this part of Britain around the Solway Plain; the Wall was later rebuilt in stone.

Work on Hadrian's Wall began in 122 AD, but it is thought that Kirkbride Fort predates Hadrian's Wall and was built as part of the Stanegate frontier.

Angerton church, half a mile north of Kirkbride

Hangar at former RAF Kirkbride

RAF base

The former RAF Kirkbride airbase was closed in 1960, and has since served as a recreational aerodrome, and is used by various industries for storage and processing. An impressive array of former RAF hangars and runways remain. The officers' mess became a hotel, and the hangars were put to civilian industrial uses..

Outside links

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