Stanwix

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Stanwix is the district of Carlisle immediately over the River Eden from the city centre. Although long counted as a suburb it did not officially become part of the city until 1912 when part of the civil parish of Stanwix became part of the parish, city and municipal borough of Carlisle. The remaining part of the parish later became known as Stanwix Rural.

The former village of Stanwix was centered around its church at the top of a steep bank rising from the Eden close to the junction of the main road north (now the A7) with the road to the east (now the B6264). In the mid nineteenth century the district grew with many large houses built for Carlisle's expanding middle classes. Near the church today is a small parade of shops and other businesses. A Morrisons supermarket is located in the area as well. A little further north at Kingstown is a large Asda superstore. Just beyond the Asda is the Red Light District, a few miles further up the road is the largest council estate in Cumbria.

Today Stanwix includes the areas of Edentown, Whiteclosegate, St Anne's Hill and Belah and may be said to include Moorville, Lowry Hill and Kingstown but these districts are usually thought to be separate and were formerly part of Kingmoor parish and added to the city in the 1950s.

The Cumbria Institute of the Arts has its main campus on Brampton Road. There is also a Roman Catholic private school called Austin Friars & St Monicas located at St. Anne's Hill.

The course of Hadrians Wall runs through the suburb and the area around the church is built on the site of the Roman Fort of Petriana.

A single Bridge (Eden Bridge) connects Stanwix and other northern reaches of the district to Carlisle city centre. River Eden runs close by and numerous households in low lying areas Stanwix were badly affected by flooding during the Carlisle Floods of January 2005.