Carlisle's Historic Quarter
The Historic Quarter contains a truly unique mixture of
cultural and heritage assets in close proximity, including Carlisle
Cathedral, the old city's West Walls, Tullie House Museum & Art
Gallery, Citadel Station, Carlisle Castle, and the world heritage
site of Hadrian's Wall. This combination of assets has the
potential to establish Carlisle as one of the country's leading
heritage cities and the Historic Quarter as a signature tourism
product for Cumbria, a must see destination capable of attracting a
growing number of visitors.
Interpretation Framework
The Carlisle Interpretative Framework has been prepared by CMC
associates and Colin Buchannan and is intended to help current and
future venues in Carlisle establish a new collective identity as a
heritage tourism destination of national importance and the North's
leading frontier city. The main theme of the framework is the
city's long and eventful history which stretches back some 2000
years to the glory days of the Roman Empire supported a series of
sub themes and stories illustrative of Carlisle's
- Long and eventful history
- Connectivity with Hadrian's Wall and Empire
- Origin and continuity as the first city of the North West
- Distinctive and long "Border" heritage - not only a catalogue
of wars, sieges, and "Rievers", but also of devotion and
learning.
- Final Carlisle
Framework (Adobe PDF Please note: 9MB file size)
- Carlisle
Framework - First Steps (Adobe PDF 1.22 MB)