The medieval Brough Castle stands on the remains of a Roman fort which was originally constructed to protect the strategically important Stainmore routeway. The site offers fantastic view across the Pennines and into the Cumbrian countryside. The castle...

Appleby Horse Fair is the largest horse fair in the UK and attracts some 10,000 travellers and 30,000 tourists each year (usually in the first week of June). It is coordinated by a number of public sector agencies, but...

The Appleby War Memorial Swimming Pool, to give it its full title, was originally an open-air pool, built in 1959 as a memorial to those killed in the second World War. It was upgraded in 1994 to enclose the...

High Cross, a tall white pillar at the top of Appleby’s main street, Boroughgate, marks the historical upper limit of the market, the lower limit being marked by the similar Low Cross. The 17th century High Cross has a...

Appleby’s Moot Hall is one of the town’s most historic buildings, having a date stone for 1596, and the Town Council has met there since that time. A more modern crest on the steps, which commemorates King Henry II’s...

There is little except the ruins left of this castle, which once would have been one of the most important sites of military strength here in Cumbria. Ulther Pendragon, the father of King Arthur, died here, making the beautiful...

Rutter Falls is an attractive waterfall with adjacent mill building in Cumbria’s Eden Valley. Before entering the River Eden near Appleby, Hoff Beck cascades over a rock step to produce the falls, then flows over the road forming a...

This attractive Wesleyan Church (dated 1904) is located in the area of Appleby known as The Sands, just across the River Eden from the town centre. The Sands grew rapidly with the arrival of the Eden Valley Railway in 1862...

St Anne’s Hospital was built in about 1590 by Lady Anne Clifford, who is famous in the area. Tucked away behind a doorway in a sandstone arch near High Cross, the hospital comprises a cobbled courtyard of red sandstone...

St Lawrence’s Church is a Grade I listed building dating back to the 12th Century. It was rebuilt after being raided by the Scots in the late 13th century and restored in the 16th century by Lady Anne Clifford,...

Appleby’s Cloisters, which separate St Lawrence’s Church from the market place, were designed by the architect of Lowther Castle, Robert Smirke, and gifted to the town in 1700 by Bishop Smith to shelter Appleby’s butter-sellers. They now provide anyone...