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Cummersdale

Cummersdale is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, just outside the southern outskirts of Carlisle.

The place

Cummersdale is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, just outside the southern outskirts of Carlisle. Excavations have taken place in Cummersdale. Notable landmarks include the Cummersdale Viaduct and the Spinners Arms. In 2021, the parish had a population of 1,570.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Cummersdale

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Carlisle Castle

    Carlisle Castle is a medieval stone fortress located in the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, near the site of Hadrian's Wall and the Roman fortress of Luguvalium. The castle was first built during the reign of William II in 1092 and rebuilt in stone under Henry I in 1122.

    3.1 km · castle in Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    University of Cumbria

    The University of Cumbria is a public university in Cumbria, with its headquarters in Carlisle and other major campuses in Lancaster, Ambleside, and London. It has roots extending back to the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, established in 1822, and the teacher training college established by Charlotte Mason in the 1890s.

    3 km · university in Cumbria, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Brunton Park

    Brunton Park is a football stadium and the home of Carlisle United. It is situated in the city of Carlisle and has a certified capacity of 17,949.

    3.8 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Petriana

    Uxelodunum was a Roman fort with associated civilian settlement in modern-day Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It was the largest fort on Hadrian's Wall and is now buried beneath the suburb of Stanwix.

    4 km · Roman fort in Cumbria, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    The Tullie

    Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, officially known as Tullie since July 2024, is a museum in Carlisle, England. Opened by the Carlisle Corporation in 1893, the original building is a converted Jacobean mansion, with extensions added when it was converted.

    2.9 km · Grade I listed natural history museum in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Carlisle Courts of Justice

    The Carlisle Courts of Justice is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, and a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Earl Street, Carlisle, England.

    2.9 km · judicial building in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Market Hall

    Carlisle Market Hall is a market hall located in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. It was built between 1887 and 1889 for Carlisle Corporation by Arthur Cawston and Joseph Graham, both of Westminster, with ironwork manufactured by Cowans, Sheldon & Company.

    3.1 km · building in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Crown Court, Adjoining Offices And Gate Arch

    Carlisle Citadel or The Citadel is a group of buildings on the site of a former early modern fortress on English Street in Carlisle, Cumbria. It comprises two towers, both of which are Grade I listed buildings: the Nisi Prius Courthouse and the former Crown Court.

    2.7 km · Grade I listed building in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    5 And 6, Greenmarket

    Carlisle Guildhall is an historic building in Carlisle, Cumbria. It is in the city centre, on the corner of Fisher Street and Greenmarket.

    3 km · building in Carlisle, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Tithe Barn

    Carlisle Tithe Barn is an historic building in Carlisle, Cumbria. It is a Grade I listed building, listed on 1 June 1949.

    2.8 km · building in Carlisle, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Cummersdale

Airports
Newcastle (NCL), 83 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 123 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 125 km
Stations
Carlisle railway station, 2.6 km · Dalston railway station, 3.6 km · Carlisle bus station, 3 km
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Cummersdale
    88 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £9–13
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Cummersdale
    121 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £15–20
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Cummersdale
    125 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £14–19
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Cummersdale

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cummersdale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inA75 runs from Stranraer (for the Belfast and Larne ferries) via Dumfries.
  • Get inBuses no longer run along the Solway coast from Stranraer ferry port, you have to double back via Glasgow, Borders Bus X95 runs from Edinburgh along A7 via Galashiels, Selkirk, Hawick and Longtown.

From Wikivoyage: Carlisle, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    159 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    190 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    219 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    299 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    315 km

If you know how people move in Cummersdale – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Cummersdale

  • Carlislecity in Cumberland, Cumbria, England2.9 km
  • Dalstonvillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England3.6 km
  • Briscovillage in Cumbria, England, UK4 km
  • Blackwellvillage in St Cuthbert Without, Cumbria, England1.3 km
  • Denton Holmesuburb of Carlisle, in Cumbria, England, UK2.2 km
  • LuguvaliumRoman town in Britain, now Carlisle, Cumbria3 km