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Dist:0.3km<br/>The North Pennines, with a sprinkling of snow, can be seen in the distance.
©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:0.3km<br/>Striking modern church on Langrigg Road
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.4km<br/>Church of England, on Stonegarth, consecrated in 1960.
©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:0.4km<br/>The view is of the NW corner of the cemetery at the junction of Richardson Street and Dalston Road. On top of the wall to the right of street name sign used to be an OS benchmark [[2686579]] levelled at 35.2635m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn in 1972.
©Roger Templeman
Dist:0.4km<br/>The coping stone of the wall has evidently been 'repaired' leaving only the bottom of the centre arrow cut of what was an Ordnance Survey rivet benchmark which is described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm39071
©Roger Templeman
Dist:0.4km<br/>The path leads from Dalston Road towards the [[902684]].
©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:0.5km<br/>An early 19th century building, which has been used as the Morton Community Centre since 1967. The house and surrounding park were given to the people of Carlisle by Sir Robert Chance, whose family lived there for many years. He was an industrialist and prominent citizen who died in 1960. In front of the house is a ha-ha, a ditch built to keep grazing animals out of the garden.
©Rose and Trev Clough
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©John Lord
Dist:0.6km<br/>One of two chapels provided when the cemetery opened in 1855, similar in style to [[902682]]. This one was on unconsecrated ground, for use by Catholics, Quakers, Methodists etc.. It is not currently in use. In the upper window a barn owl box has been placed, as wildlife conservation is a policy of the cemetery's management. Information taken from leaflet "Carlisle Cemetery, a walker's guide", Carlisle City Council.
©Rose and Trev Clough
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©Darrin Antrobus
Dist:0.6km<br/>This is called Morton Park on most maps, but is now known by the local name of Chances Park. The land was given to the citizens of Carlisle by the Chance family, who once lived there (See [[1074640]]). Houses in Dunmail Drive back on to the park.
©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:0.6km<br/>Carlisle Cemetery is considered one of the best in the U.K., and has won Cemetery Of The Year awards in 1998, 2006 and 2007. The plaques are displayed on the left of the gateway.
©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:0.6km<br/>This Grade II listed building is in Richardson Road, and dates from 1855, when the cemetery opened. To the left of the archway is the curator's house, to the right the cemetery office.
©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:0.6km<br/>The yews were planted in 1855 and are clipped each year.
©Rose and Trev Clough
Dist:0.6km<br/>On a corner stone near the base of the left hand side of the archway is an OS benchmark [[2686522]]
©Roger Templeman

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