Harker is a settlement in the parish of Rockcliffe, in the City of Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Harker is located along the A7 road[1] on the Solway Plain. Harker is situated approximately two miles north of the course of Hadrian's Wall.

Harker
Geese at Harker
Harker is located in the former City of Carlisle district
Harker
Harker
Location in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria
Harker is located in Cumbria
Harker
Harker
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY395607
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARLISLE
Postcode districtCA6
Dialling code01228
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°56′17″N 2°56′38″W / 54.938°N 2.944°W / 54.938; -2.944

From 1862, Harker was served by a railway station, sited on the Waverley route that linked Carlisle and Edinburgh. The station was closed to passengers in 1929. It reopened (unstaffed) in 1936 to serve Carlisle airfield and remained intermittently in use, serving local RAF airfield and Maintenance Unit 14MU operations, as well as the local community, until the closure of the line in 1969.

Harker is also associated with the Surname Harker.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Philip's Motorist's Atlas: 2004, Octopus Publishing Group, London, England
  2. ^ "Harker Name Meaning & Harker Family History at Ancestry.com®".