Holiday Homes in Brampton

A handsome red-sandstone market town in the north-east of Cumbria, Brampton sits in gentle countryside near Hadrian's Wall, around nine miles east of Carlisle. It lies well to the north of the Lake District, so this is a base for a different kind of Cumbrian holiday, one steeped in Roman history and border country rather than high fells, with plenty of quiet charm of its own.

At the heart of the town stands its distinctive octagonal Moot Hall of 1817, while St Martin's Church holds a real treasure: it is the only church designed by the celebrated Arts and Crafts architect Philip Webb, and its windows glow with stained glass by Edward Burne-Jones and Morris and Company. A short way out of town lie the romantic ruins of Lanercost Priory, a twelfth-century Augustinian house, and the glassy waters of Talkin Tarn, set in its own country park.

Brampton is at its best as a base for Hadrian's Wall, the great Roman frontier and UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the impressive fort of Birdoswald close by. Carlisle and the Scottish Borders are within easy reach, and the northern Lakes a comfortable drive south for a day among the mountains. For a holiday rich in history and free of the crowds, choose one of our Brampton holiday homes and explore the Roman north of Cumbria.