Isn't Carlisle in Scotland?

[Gardenwoe]

So was just looking at where Morcambe is, whilst watching the shambolic Spurs game. And was surprised to see Carlisle is in England... I would have bet my DH life on it being in Scotland

City ... yip you're right

Carlisle =/= Scottish comes up regularly on things you didn't know threads. Pontefract suffers a similar fate.

Ahh now, isn't Pontefract where liquorice comes from?

Yep Pontefract cakes.

@hilbil21

My husband thought Skegness was in Scotland because of Inverness

This always comes up on these kind of threads and I do at it.

No it's about a 15 minute drive from Carlisle to the Scottish border where you'll find Gretna Green if you wish to elope and get married.
Carlisle is a lovely small city with lovely access to the country side, and great motorway and rail links to Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester and the Lake District.
We lived there for 7 years I loved it.

I fancy a visit to Carlisle now. Looks like an interesting place historically. Vindolanda is not too far away either.

Its about eight miles south of the border. in Cumbria..

[quote Gardenwoe]@MustDust and yes, gutted for the fans, having seen how far away Morecambe is! (And being a Spurs fan) They had a great game, really did.[/quote]
Although Lancaster is on the West Coast Mainline (direct from Euston), about 3 hours journey. Morecambe is then a couple of stops on the local rattler.

It's not an island either, is it?

This post remind me of the time my sister went on holiday somewhere in the U.K., when I asked her where she went, she replied, 'oh, you know, Wales/Norfolk way'

I always assumed that Covelly ( a village in Devon ) was actually in Wales. I think I heard it as Llevelly😀

FFS

I'm in Scotland and would see road signs pointing to Carlisle,

When you join the M1 from the M62 the sign says Barnsley and London, but they are nowhere near each other

The lawlessness that resulted in that area led to the Border Reivers, who are interesting to read about if you're into history. The Border Reivers were generally a bit further north than Carlisle, but not by much.

There is some really interesting stuff about the border Rievers in the museum in Carlisle. Apparently DH’s ancestors were at war with Alexander Armstrong’s ancestors

Another interesting fact – did you know that Edinburgh is further West than Bristol? A good one to remember for pub quizzes.

And there is a Wales in South Yorkshire.

@WestendVBroadway

I always assumed that Covelly ( a village in Devon ) was actually in Wales. I think I heard it as Llevelly😀

Clovelly?

I was quite a few years older than I should have been when I realised Andover was not a Dutch city...

And Pen-y-Ghent has no business being in Yorkshire, it's clearly Welsh

Just to confuse matters. Clove LLs is a suburb of Sydney 😂

Clovelly. Bloody mumsnet autocorrect.

[quote freelions]@ErrolTheDragon

Pen-y-ghent really has no right being in Yorkshire! Definitely sounds like it belongs in Snowdonia [/quote]
See also 'Pontefract'.

I'm from near there and nope it's defo Cumbria which is England 😂😂

@ILoveJKR

Did you know Carlisle is further east than Edinburgh?

I love this little fact. Always blows people's minds. One is on the west coast and one is on the east coast, but the west coast one is further east than the east coast one

@Regulus, yes sorry I meant Clovelly!

@ErrolTheDragon

Although Pendle Hill is more interesting. It's name is Pen (hill - celtic) - dle (earlier spelt as hul, which originally derived from 'hyll', Old English for hill) Hill (modern English for hill)

So it means Hill Hill Hill

Apt. It's definitely a hilly hill.

Also like Thorpe Hamlet in Norwich. Thorpe (old Germanic village) Hamlet (old French village).

Village Village.

Bristol being further east than Edinburgh has just surprised me. I had to check that one.

The lawlessness that resulted in that area led to the Border Reivers, who are interesting to read about if you're into history. The Border Reivers were generally a bit further north than Carlisle, but not by much.

They operated over quite a wide area both sides of the border, attested to by the number of old 'Peel towers' down into Lancashire.