Rickerby
Rickerby is a village in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England.
Rickerby is a village in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is situated near Carlisle, next to the River Eden. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 97. The property belonged to Richard de Tilliol of Scaleby Castle, whose descendant Adam de Rickerby lived in the village in about 1230. Rickerby Park is nearby.
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Worth seeing in and around Rickerby
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.
- 01Carlisle 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.
1.9 km · castle in Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Brunton 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.
900 m · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03University 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.
1.5 km · university in Cumbria, UK · Wikipedia - 04Petriana
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.
1.7 km · Roman fort in Cumbria, England · Wikipedia - 05The 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.
1.9 km · Grade I listed natural history museum in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Market 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.
1.6 km · building in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Rickerby Park
Rickerby Park is a public open space in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, on the banks of the River Eden. The parkland is dotted with mature trees, beneath which cattle and sheep graze the sweet pasture grasses.
0 m · park in Rickerby, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Carlisle Civic Centre
Carlisle Civic Centre is a municipal building in Rickergate, Carlisle, England. It was the headquarters of Carlisle City Council.
1.5 km · building in Carlisle, Cumbria, UK · Wikipedia - 09Carlisle 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.
1.6 km · judicial building in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Crown 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.
1.8 km · Grade I listed building in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rickerby
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 80 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 120 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 125 km
- Stations
- Carlisle railway station, 1.9 km · Carlisle bus station, 1.5 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Rickerby118 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £15–19
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Rickerby119 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £14–19
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Rickerby126 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £14–19
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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.
No local-transport research exists yet for Rickerby
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 Rickerby. 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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