Editing Carlisle (section)

==City centre==
Carlisle is the only city in Cumbria. The city centre is largely pedestrianised and the Lanes shopping centre is home to around 75 shops.

Carlisle has a compact historic centre with a [[castle]], [[cathedral]] and semi-intact [[Carlisle city walls|city walls]], as well as other medieval buildings including the [[Carlisle Guildhall|Guildhall]] and [[Carlisle Tithe Barn|Tithe Barn]]. The [[Carlisle Citadel|Citadel towers]], which until 2016 also served as offices for Cumbria County Council, were designed by [[Thomas Telford]], with the eastern tower incorporating part of the 16th-century building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nisi Prius Courthouse, Associated Offices and Gate Arch, Carlisle, Cumbria |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-386723-nisi-prius-courthouse-associated-offices |access-date=7 April 2017 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220132406/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-386723-nisi-prius-courthouse-associated-offices |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="VisitCumbria">[http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/carcitdl.htm Visit Cumbria] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713002932/http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/carcitdl.htm |date=13 July 2014 }} Carlisle Citadel</ref> The first Citadel building was a Tudor fortification replacing the medieval Englishgate, designed by the [[Moravia]]n military engineer [[Stefan von Haschenperg]] in 1541.<ref>Colvin, Howard, ed., ''The History of the King's Works'', vol. 4 part 2, (1982), 670-1.</ref> Next to the Citadel is [[Carlisle railway station]], designed by [[William Tite]] in the neo-Tudor style, considered by [[Historic England]] to be among the most important early railway stations in England.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Citadel Station, Carlisle, Cumbria |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-386689-citadel-station-cumbria |access-date=7 April 2017 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220131742/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-386689-citadel-station-cumbria |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 December 2014 |title=10 Great English Railway Stations |url=https://heritagecalling.com/2014/12/04/10-great-english-railway-stations/ |access-date=7 April 2017 |archive-date=5 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105234344/https://heritagecalling.com/2014/12/04/10-great-english-railway-stations/ |url-status=live }}</ref>