 Welcome to our page of accommodation in Penrith!
Penrith is an attractive market town originally built
around a network of gates through which the townspeople would
herd their livestock into the safety of the centre whilst the
town was vigorously defended against the Scottish raiders who
once terrorised this region. The gates have long gone but the
names remain i.e. Middlegate, Stricklandgate. It was in the 9th
century that the town of Penrith became the capital of Cumbria,
a semi-independent state which until 1070 A.D. formed part of
the Kingdom of Scotland and Strathclyde. Penrith boasts
a myriad of sights including a large, imposing Norman church,
a 13th century castle set in a municipal park with sporting amenities,
a beacon on top of a pine clad hill overlooking the town, numerous
historic houses and coaching inns with connections to Bonnie
Prince Charlie, Richard the III, Wordsworth, Anthony Trolloppe
and Samuel Plimsoll. Penrith is a large town acting as a regional
centre for the eastern Lake District, lying just outside the
National Park. It is an important shopping centre, with a good
mix of traditional shops and sophisticated arcades. Local information for Penrith at the
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