Appleby in Westmorland is an old and beautiful English market town built around an ancient castle and bounded on all sides by mountains. It was once the county town of Westmorland and sits on the river Eden, a salmon river that loops the town. It lies twenty miles east of the lake district on the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway. The main West Coast line can be accessed at Penrith 13 mies away.The nearest airports are Teeside, Newcastle, Liverpool or Manchester.