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Westrigg Road, CARLISLE, CA2 6LE

A quiet residential street lined with terraced houses in the Morton part of Carlisle.

View from Wigton Road.

The main A595 Wigton Road is flanked by service roads on either side which give access to the houses flanking the road.

The modern building of the Richard Rose Academy, Morton. The modern building is built on the same site as a previous building which housed the school.

Nearing completion, the Academy's £26 million new building due to open in September 2011. Morton Secondary School opened on this site in 1968. It changed to an academy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_%28English_school%29 in 2008. The Morton Academy is one of a pair in Carlisle - it and the Central Academy are managed by the Richard Rose Federation http://www.richardroseacademies.org/ .

A gap between houses on Westrigg Road is the location for a handful of trees which, according to the large poster, have been planted as part of the government led "The Big Tree Plant scheme". The scheme aimed to encourage communities throughout England to plant one million new trees around urban areas and communities and was scheduled to run from 2010 to 2015.

Metal plate attached to stone post by the A595, in parish of CARLISLE (CARLISLE District), Wigton Road, Morton School, 100m North of junction with Glaramara Drive, near Shuttle House, in hedge behind wide footpath/cycleway; just South of bus-shelter, on North side of road. Carlisle red stone and curved plate, erected by the Cockermouth & Carlisle turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- CARLISLE 2 MILES WIGTON 9 MILES COCKERMOUTH 24½ MILES Grade II Listed. List Entry Number: 1197153 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197153 Milestone Society National ID: CU_CLCM02.

Modern resiting of milestone at new development in Suttle Lane. Metal plate attached to stone post by the A595, in parish of CARLISLE (CARLISLE District), Wigton Road, Morton School, 100m North of junction with Glaramara Drive, near Suttle House, in hedge behind wide footpath/cycleway; just South of bus-shelter, on North side of road. Carlisle red stone and curved plate, erected by the Cockermouth & Carlisle turnpike trust in the 19th century. Image from 2006 is Image Inscription reads: CARLISLE / 2 MILES / WIGTON / 9 MILES / COCKERMOUTH / 4½ MILES Grade II Listed. List Entry Number: 1197153 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197153 Milestone Society National ID: CU_CLCM02

The road is the main arterial route leading into Carlisle city centre from the south west. The houses on either side of the road are accessed by smaller lanes separated from the main carriageway by narrow grassed verges.