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Dist:0.3km north<br/>
©Dave the Flute
Dist:0.3km north<br/>
©Dave the Flute
Dist:0.4km north<br/>A gap in the line of the eastward extension of Lord Carlisle's Railway which ran from Brampton Junction to Tindale.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.4km north<br/>Now a private house
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.4km north<br/>This large building was probably originally associated with "Lord Carlisle's Railway" which ran immediately behind. Now a branch of the Penrith Cooperative Society; the bold sign is necessary to draw attention to passers-by as it is well set back from the main road.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.4km north<br/>After leaving the Brampton to Lambley 'main line' this bridge carried the Talkin & Tarnhouse branch of Lord Carlisle's Railway over a track from Clowsgill Holme Farm.
©Ralph Rawlinson
Dist:0.5km north<br/>The farmhouse at Clowsgill Holme Farm.
©Peter McDermott
Dist:0.5km north<br/>One of the numerous old limestone quarries to the south of Hallbankgate. Some old limekilns can be seen in the middle distance. Clesketts [[NY5858]] lies beyond.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.6km north<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.7km west<br/>Hallbankgate stood at the top of a railway incline on "Lord Carlisle's Railway" which linked Brampton Junction with the various mines and quarries in the vicinity of Hallbankgate.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.7km north<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.7km east<br/>This quarry was served by the Talkin & Tarnhouse branch of Lord Carlisle's Railway which opened in stages from 1798. In 1947 the mines and railway came under the control of the NCB but six years later, after being in use for 155 years, mining ceased and the railway closed.
©Ralph Rawlinson
Dist:0.7km south<br/>Quarry workings have around Cleskett Beck have created a waterfall below which the stream disappears underground.
©Ralph Rawlinson
Dist:0.7km east<br/>
©Les Hull
Dist:0.9km north<br/>
©Alexander P Kapp

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