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Long Island Park, CARLISLE, CA2 5AS

Seen from the railway bridge; beyond the wall is Citadel station.

Ordnance Survey records indicate that a benchmark levelled at 16.357m above Newlyn Datum was verified in 1972 on No. 8 Rome Street previously at this location

Seen from the Rome Street Bridge, this was once the site of Rome Street Junction on the Carlisle avoiding lines, which gave freight trains an alternative route missing Citadel station, part of the complex railway layout around Carlisle. See http://www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/bog_junction_carlisle.html for details of the history of this railway. Network Rail has recently raised the possibility of reinstating this route to relieve congestion in the station.

The Cumbria Way long distance path follows the Caldew Cycleway along the back of the River Caldew flood defence wall at Denton Holme (next photograph Image). This section of the Caldew Cycleway is also known as the Caldew Riverside Trail. Denton Holme can also be spelled as Dentonholme; the various railway companies that maintained facilities in this part of Carlisle almost exclusively used Dentonholme, Denton Holme is more common elsewhere.

The original "Cumberland Wrestlers" was built on this site 1875/76 and came under State Management control on 23 August 1916. It was demolished in 1937 and replaced by this Harry Redfern designed building, which opened on 3 October 1938. Sold to Scottish & Newcastle on 16 April 1973, the pub closed in 2004. With permission from the staff, an inspection of the ground floor revealed no trace of any pub fittings. Photograph is for record only - I have no connection with any business seen in this view and cannot advise on their products or services.

The Cumbria Way long distance path follows the Caldew Cycleway along the back of the River Caldew flood defence wall at Denton Holme (next photograph Image). This section of the Caldew Cycleway is also known as the Caldew Riverside Trail. Denton Holme can also be spelled as Dentonholme; the various railway companies that maintained facilities in this part of Carlisle almost exclusively used Dentonholme, Denton Holme is more common elsewhere.

View towards the top of James Street, with Carlisle Cathedral in the distance.

Hopefully sufficient to deter motor bikes! Thomas Street is to the left. On the right is a flood wall to protect the housing from flooding by the River Caldew.

Petrol filling station with a convenience store and used car sales. The business is on the site of the former St Stephen's Church, a substantial Gothic-style building consecrated in 1865 and demolished 99 years later (more information at Carlisle Encyclopaedia http://www.carlisleshistory.co.uk/page42.htm ) . A photo of the church can be seen at Cumbria Image Bank https://www.hpacde.org.uk/cumbria/jpgh/ct01708.jpg (C.I.B. main page : http://cumbriaimagebank.org.uk ).

Passing beside the curved wall of a garage at the end of Metcalfe Street, The Cumbria Way long distance path follows the Caldew Cycleway along the back of the River Caldew flood defence wall at Denton Holme (next photograph Image). This section of the Caldew Cycleway is also known as the Caldew Riverside Trail.