Southwaite

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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

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Southwaite)

References