Wetheral is considered an affluent village and the sprawling Victorian and Georgian houses built around the picturesque village green and beyond are made from beautiful rich red sandstone. This desirable place to live is home to a village shop, pub, a restaurant or two, a busy hotel, The Crown Wetheral, and local amenities such as a doctor’s surgery, salon and Wetheral Station.

Any visit to Wetheral should include a walk around the village with stops at Wetheral Priory Gatehouse to explore this small gatehouse tower, a hop across the river to catch a glimpse of Corby Castle which is a historic 13^th century manor house owned by the Howard family, and a walk along the viaduct. Stroll along the banks of the river and keep an eye out for the infamous Wetheral Caves, above-ground refuges used by the monks of the priory nearby during raids by invading Scots.

Just a short drive away from the vibrant city of Carlisle, Hadrian’s Wall, the Lake District National Park and the North Pennines National Landscape, formerly North Pennines AONB, a stay in Wetheral offers a great rural base from which to do a little or a lot of exploring of this historically important part of Cumbria.