Why visit Wetheral
Townapedia lists 4 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 7 places to eat, 3 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Corby Bridge, Wetheral Priory Gatehouse, Wetheral Caves and Carlisle Golf Club.
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About Wetheral
Wetheral is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the
From the Wikipedia article Wetheral (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks4
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes7
History
The place-name Wetheral is first attested in the Register of Wetheral Priory circa 1100 AD, where it appears as Wetherhala. The name means 'the haugh (area of flat land by a river) where wethers (castrated male sheep) were kept'.
In the Middle Ages there was a priory at Wetheral. All that is left now is Wetheral Priory Gatehouse, which is in the care of English Heritage, and some low ruined walls behind the farm buildings that now occupy the site.
World war one ambulance driver and nurse Pat Waddell was born near here at Warwick Bridge and Nursing education theorist Nancy Roper was born in Wetheral in 1918. She trained in Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, and went on to develop the nursing process based on Activities of Daily Living (Roper -Logan - Tierney method) used across the UK and beyond.
From the History section of Wetheral on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Geography
Wetheral stands high on a bank overlooking a gorge in the River Eden. Parts of the riverbank here are surrounded by ancient woodlands, including Wetheral Woods, owned by the National Trust. Formerly a small ferryboat operated to the village of Great Corby on the opposite bank, and an iron ring can still be found attached to the rocks on the Great Corby side of the river where the ferry would tie up.
The ward of Wetheral includes the villages and hamlets of Warwick-on-Eden, Aglionby, Scotby, Cotehill, Cumwhinton, Wetheral Shield and Wetheral Pasture. The civil parish also includes part of the Great Corby & Geltsdale ward, namely the villages of Great Corby, and Warwick Bridge (but not Corby Hill or Little Corby).
Education
There is no school in the village (it closed many years ago) and most primary school children travel to the school at Scotby, although some go to Great Corby or Warwick Bridge. The village lies in the catchment area of the Richard Rose Central Academy in Carlisle, although the William Howard School in nearby Brampton provides a bus service for pupils who wish to attend school there. This is undertaken by most pupils despite having to pay a fee for the service rather than using the free bus to the catchment school.
From the Wikipedia article Wetheral, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable people from Wetheral
- Harry Nicholsonassociation football player (1932-2015)
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Where to stay3
Churches and places of worship5
Our Lady and St. Wilfrid's Roman Catholic church, Warwick Bridge
Church · 1.4 mi
Shopping1
Schools, colleges and libraries3
Map of Wetheral
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Getting there and nearby towns
Carlisle Lake District Airport (CAX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 4 miles away.
- Carlisle 4 mi west, about 7 min by car
- Penrith 15 mi south, about 25 min by car
- Hexham 30 mi east, about 48 min by car
- Dumfries 33 mi northwest, about 54 min by car
- Workington 33 mi southwest, about 53 min by car
- Hawick 37 mi north, about 1 h by car
- Whitehaven 38 mi southwest, about 1 h by car
- Kendal 39 mi south, about 1 h by car
- Prudhoe 39 mi east, about 1 h by car
- Consett 40 mi east, about 1 h by car
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Photo credits
- The Cross - Wetheral Village Green - Carlisle - Cumbria - UK, JonnyH, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wetheral Station October 2009, JonnyH, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wetheral Parish Church Cumbria, Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St Paul's Church, Warwick Bridge, Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Interior of Wetheral Priory Gatehouse, Rose and Trev Clough , profile https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14719, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Corby Bridge, Wetheral, Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0
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