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Explore Great Strickland
Great Strickland in Cumbria (England) is a city in United Kingdom about 239 mi (or 384 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Great Strickland is now 11:45 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Great Strickland, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Carlisle Airport in a distance of 24 mi (or 38 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site is Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Germany at a distance of 58 mi (or 93 km). The closest in United Kingdom is New Lanark in a distance of 76 mi (or 93 km), North-East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Carlisle, Greenhead, Haltwhistle, Bardon Mill and Holwick. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 3°C / 37 °F
Morning Temperature | 1°C / 33 °F |
Evening Temperature | 0°C / 32 °F |
Night Temperature | 0°C / 33 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 67% |
Air Pressure | 1005 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
2°C (35 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Rain and snow, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
11°C (51 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
6°C (44 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, high wind, near gale, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Rebels Hide
Sharrow Bay
Acorn Guest House
Premier Inn Penrith
THE GEORGE HOTEL
Videos from this area
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Crash ......Oops, this isn't a slip road!
South bound M6 just before Shap.........fridge driver went off-roading....
Hiding in Holly Winning Scurry Run at Lowther
Video of our Hiding in Holly competing in the Mitsubishi Motors World Series Gundog Championship 12th August 2012 at Lowther Game fair. link: ...
Center Parcs Whinfell Forest Lakeside Apartment
This video was shot at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest in April 2014. We stayed in the Executive studio lakeside apartment and found it to be lovely, clean and just enough space for the two of...
Canyon Ride - Centre Parcs Whinfell Forest
A trip down the Canyon Ride at the Whinfell Forest Centre Parcs.
Water Slide Whinfell Forest
The outdoor waterslide at Center Parc Whinfell Forest filmed using the GoPro Hero 3 camera with wrist-mount.
Center Parcs 2008 - around the pool
slideshow of photos taken at Whinfell Forest, Cumbria in the pool area.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Leath
Not to be confused with Lethe. Leath was one of the wards of the ancient county of Cumberland in north west England. Cumberland unlike most other English counties was divided into wards rather than hundreds. The ward was bounded on the south by Westmorland, the north by Cumberland and Eskdale wards, the east by the counties of Northumberland and Durham and on the west by the wards of Allerdale above Derwent and Allerdale below Derwent.
Clifton Moor Skirmish
The Clifton Moor Skirmish took place between forces of the British Hanoverian government and Jacobite rebels on 19 December 1745. Since the commander of the British forces, the Duke of Cumberland, was aware of the Jacobite presence in Derby, the Jacobite leader Prince Charles Edward Stuart decided to retreat north back towards Scotland. Charles began his retreat from Derby on 6 December 1745.
Clifton Moor railway station
Clifton Moor railway station was situated in England on the Eden Valley Railway between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the village of Clifton. The station opened to passenger traffic on 1 August 1863, and was originally named 'Clifton'. The 'Moor' suffix was added on 1 September 1927. The station finally closed on 22 January 1962. On one of the station's platforms a private waiting room was built for the "Yellow Earl of Lonsdale" who lived at nearby Lowther Castle.
Melkinthorpe
Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lowther within the Eden District in the county of Cumbria. It is near the villages of Hackthorpe and Cliburn.
Hackthorpe
Hackthorpe is a village in the Eden District, in the county of Cumbria, England.
Wetheriggs Pottery
Wetheriggs Pottery is a pottery on the C3047 road, east of the hamlet of Clifton Dykes, in the civil parish of Clifton, Cumbria 5 miles southeast of Penrith. It opened in the mid 19th century providing farm and housewares for local consumption, later the business diversified into craft pottery, and, towards the end of the 20th century became focused as a visitor attraction, and in nature conservation work.
Clifton and Lowther railway station
For the station on the Eden Valley Railway line see Clifton Moor railway station Clifton railway station, later known as Clifton and Lowther railway station was a station on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway south of Penrith near to the village of Clifton. It opened in 1846, and briefly acted as the terminus of the Eden Valley railway from its opening in 1862 until 1863, when a new northwards chord was built, along with Clifton Moor railway station.
Wetheriggs Zoo and Animal Sanctuary
Wetheriggs Zoo and Animal Sanctuary is a registered UK charity (Charity No. 1131536). Wetheriggs is an international animal rescue centre and zoo located in the village of Clifton Dykes near Penrith in Cumbria, England. It is the only zoo animal rescue in the country taking in a wide range of animals apart from domestic cats and dogs. Many of the animals were previously pets which could no longer be looked after. The majority of the other animals have been rescued from around the UK.