Southwaite

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Southwaite
Cumberland
River Petteril at Southwaite - geograph.org.uk - 188551.jpg
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.

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