Port Carlisle

Port Carlisle
Port Carlisle
	The Hope and Anchor public house, Port Carlisle
	Port Carlisle Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY241622
Civil parish	Bowness;
District	Allerdale;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	016973
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°56′53″N 3°11′10″W / 54.948°N 3.186°W

Port Carlisle is a fishing village in Allerdale, Cumbria, England, one mile from Bowness-on-Solway—grid reference NY241622.

History

Historically within Cumberland, its original name was Fisher's Cross, and the port was built in 1819. Four years later, a canal link was added to take goods to Carlisle Basin. The canal was closed in 1853 and Port Carlisle silted up.

The canal basin at Carlisle and parts of the canal were filled in by the Port Carlisle Railway Company who constructed a railway that started passenger services in 1854, discontinuing them two years later when the railway to Silloth opened. As a cheap alternative, a horse-drawn service was provided in 1856 between Drumburgh and Port Carlisle railway station for a number of years. In 1914 steam power was used and to try to avoid closure a steam railmotor called 'Flower of Yarrow' was built and this service to Port Carlisle railway station lasted until the branch was closed in 1932.^[1]