Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Monkhill Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 173651.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Monkhill Methodist Church |
Coordinates: | 54.918°N -3.025°W |
Official Name: | Monkhill |
Civil Parish: | Beaumont |
Shire District: | City of Carlisle |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Carlisle |
Post Town: | CARLISLE |
Postcode District: | CA5 |
Postcode Area: | CA |
Dial Code: | 01228 |
Os Grid Reference: | NY342586 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom City of Carlisle |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria |
Monkhill is a small village in the civil parish of Beaumont, in the City of Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Nearby settlements include the small city of Carlisle and the villages of Burgh by Sands and Kirkandrews-on-Eden. Monkhill has a pub called the Drovers Rest Inn and a Methodist Chapel with adjoining School Room which holds local village events. The village is situated on the course of a vallum associated with Hadrian's Wall and is near the narrowest point of the River Eden, the site was a crossing point for Roman troops, Scottish border raiders, and cattle drovers. Monkhill, today, is a quiet little hamlet.[1] [2]