Historic houses · North East England
Gilsland Spa
In or near Greenhead.
Gilsland Spa in England North East, United Kingdom.
Andrew Curtis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Haltwhistle · 7.9 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Gilsland Spa, the nearest railway station is Haltwhistle, located 7.9 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is CA8 7AW. Accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Gilsland Spa is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
Photo gallery
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Irthing Gorge SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Eden and Tributaries SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Gilsland Spa is the name of a former hotel at Gilsland, Cumbria, England. It is named from the sulphurous spring which issues from a cliff below the hotel. The hotel had recently been renamed Gilsland Hall Hotel however it has been empty and disused since 2021. The hotel sits around 175m above sea level in a meander of the River Irthing and has commanding views out over Gilsland and part of the Irthing valley. In addition to the main building there are outbuildings to the immediate northeast, a set of small cottages and ancillary buildings. To the west there are further outbuildings comprising maintenance buildings, garages, greenhouses and a summer house. Also to the west is Spa Villa, a large self-contained property that is Grade II listed (entry number 1087517). Spa Villa was built in 1815 by Major George Stephenson Mounsey as a summer residence for the hotel, of which he was then the proprietor.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The original hotel was called The Shaws, from an Old English word meaning a small woodland, and was built in the 1760s, although the site and its surrounding farmland have been known by this name since at least 1603. Lord William Howard's map of the Barony of Gilsland of this date shows two buildings near the site of the hotel labelled "Two tenements called the Shaws". Very little is known about the first hotel but one contemporary drawing suggests that it may have had a tower in imitation of the type of fortified house known locally as a peel. This original Shaws Hotel burned down spectacularly in 1859, and was replaced on a grander scale soon afterwards by G. G. Mounsey, a local landowner…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.0024, -2.5707
- District
- Cumberland
- Parish
- Waterhead
- Postcode
- CA8 7AW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Carlisle
- Nearest railway station
- Haltwhistle — 7.9 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q5562597 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gilsland Spa (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gilsland Spa?
- Gilsland Spa is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CA8 7AW), in the parish of Waterhead.
- What is Gilsland Spa?
- Gilsland Spa in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Gilsland Spa?
- The nearest railway station is Haltwhistle, about 7.9 km away. Drivers can use postcode CA8 7AW.
- Who owns Gilsland Spa?
- Gilsland Spa is owned by Clear Summer Hospitality Ltd.
- Is Gilsland Spa a protected site?
- Yes — Gilsland Spa is part of the Irthing Gorge SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the River Eden and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Gilsland Spa?
- The nearest railway station is Haltwhistle, about 7.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CA8 7AW.