Location
Stead McAlpin is located just south of Carlisle in the village of Cummersdale. The site can be accessed from Junctions 41, 42 and 43 of the M6 motorway as follows:
- Route 1 - M6 Junction 41
- Route 3 - M6 Junction 42
- Route 2 - M6 Junction 43 (through Carlisle centre)
M6 Junction 41
- Take the exit on the roundabout for B5305 to Wigton.
- Continue for approximately 10 miles.
- About one mile after a steep hill down and up, turn right towards Dalston on the B5299.
- Continue through Welton village to Dalston.
- Go through Dalston, passing the schools and the Nestlé factory on the right.
- Continue for approximately two miles to the outskirts of Carlisle and take the right turn signposted to Cummersdale.
- Drive through the village, down the hill and follow the road round to Stead McAlpin.

