Map 1831 Station Road planned route replaces Kittyson Lane

Because of the building in the 1840s of the Cockermouth to Keswick railway, and the new Cockermouth railway station situated at the elevated part of town without easy access, they had to create a new access from the Main Street to the new Cockermouth Railway Station. 

This map of 1831 shows the intended route of the new Station Road – (the road section above Station Street with todays shops). Before Station Road was built, Kittyson Lane was the only route to Lamplugh and is shown on this map as a dotted line.  After Station Road was built, Kittyson Lane was cut off at the point where it joined Station Road – and at that junction we still see the magnificent architecture of Fairfield House which was later built by Robinson Mitchell, the auctioneer. 

The line of the railway is about to be built on this map and will cross the Viaduct over the Cocker on the right, note that Railway Terrace has already been built. The railway will go under the area on the left where four roads meet, but the new Station Road will include a road bridge over the new railway, then the road goes to the left, along The Level. When the traffic lights hold you at the junction of Station Road and Gallowbarrow, realise that you are pausing on the top of the bridge with the site of the railway line below – and realise why the apartments on the right are called The Sidings – our Cockermouth railway station and sidings.

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