If your Historically Minded...

Here are but a few of the historical places to visit. Carlisle Castle once home to Mary Queen of Scots. Carlisle Cathedral, founded in 1122, with stained glass from 14th - 20th centuries. The Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery. To the east of Carlisle, you can visit a monument to an amazing feat of early engineering and determination "Hadrians Wall" spanning nearly 2,000 years of history. The Roman wall stretches seventy three miles, from Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast, to Wallsend on the east coast. There is still a large amount of the wall visible today. Housteads Fort and Vindolanda are well worth a visit.

The Borders

Places of interest...

For the romantics amongst us you can visit Gretna Green which is only 15 mins north of Carlisle. This is the world famous centre for elopements where romantic runaway marriage vows were, and still are, forged over the Blacksmith's Anvil. they have their own Coach Museum (could one of these coaches have been used by an angry father in pursuit of his daughter). Also audio visual displays of marriages taking place.

Journey on west to Dumfries and you are in the land of Rabbie Burns, the well known poet.

Traditional Burns Suppers are held in commemoration of him and serving up of the Scottish dish "Haggis".