Carlisle is a cathedral city in the ceremonial county of Cumbria in England. It is the administrative centre of Cumberland Council which covers an area similar to the historic county of Cumberland.
Image: Carlisle Cathedral seen from 3rd floor of Castle keep geograph.org.uk 3043053
Image: Carlisle Cathedral geograph.org.uk 2518712
Image: Town Hall, Carlisle geograph.org.uk 2473426
Image: Carlisle Citadel geograph.org.uk 2530159
Luguvalium was an ancient Roman city in northern Britain located within present-day Carlisle, Cumbria, and may have been the capital of the 4th-century province of Valentia. It was the northernmost city of the Roman Empire.
The Stanegate road and frontier; the road continued west of Carlisle to Kirkbride.