The Railway Inn
Introduction
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The Railway Inn
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 9 Apr 2010
Opened in 1837 as the Railway Hotel, it was built to serve the London Road Station of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle_London_Road_railway_station , which was just across the road. More information (and photo taken 2002) at Images of England http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=386783&mode=adv . Closed as a pub since 2005, the building has planning permission for conversion to retail use on the ground floor and apartments above.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.886157
Longitude
-2.921396