Monkhill, Cumbria
Monkhill is a small village in the civil parish of Beaumont, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England.
Monkhill is a small village in the civil parish of Beaumont, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Nearby settlements include the small city of Carlisle and the villages of Burgh by Sands and Kirkandrews-on-Eden. Monkhill has a pub called the Drovers Rest Inn and a Methodist Chapel with adjoining School Room which holds local village events. The village is situated on the course of a vallum associated with Hadrian's Wall and is near the narrowest point of the River Eden, the site was a crossing point for Roman troops, Scottish border raiders, and cattle drovers. Monkhill, today, is a quiet little hamlet.
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Worth seeing in and around Monkhill, Cumbria
2 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.
- 01Thurstonfield Lough
Thurstonfield Lough is an open water lough near Carlisle, Cumbria, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
3.3 km · lake in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Michael's Church, Burgh by Sands
St Michael's Church is in the village of Burgh by Sands, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
1.6 km · Grade I listed church in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, Cumbria , England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Monkhill, Cumbria
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 86 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 117 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 118 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Monkhill, Cumbria90 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £9–13
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Monkhill, Cumbria116 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £15–20
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Monkhill, Cumbria120 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £14–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for Monkhill, Cumbria
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 Monkhill, Cumbria. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Monkhill, Cumbria
- Burgh by Sandsvillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK1.7 km
- Rockcliffevillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK3.4 km
- Beaumontvillage and civil parish in Cumbria, United Kingdom600 m
- Kingmoorcivil parish in Carlisle, Cumbria, England3.9 km
- Kirkandrews-on-Edenvillage in Cumbria, England, UK1 km
- Cargovillage in Cumbria, England2.3 km