How far Carlisle United will travel in National League next season

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United's team coach will have to do nearly 2,000 more miles than last season (Image: Barbara Abbott)
Carlisle United's travelling commitments in the National League will increase by nearly 2,000 miles on last season.
The Blues face a total round trip of 10,629 miles to fulfil their 23 away games in 2025/26 – their most for eight years.
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The relegated Cumbrians' commitments on the road for 2025/26 were confirmed after Sunday's National League play-off final.
And Southend United's defeat at the hands of Oldham Athletic added another long trip to a calendar which sees a host of other big journeys for the Cumbrians.
Their overall travelling will rise considerably from 2024/25 in League Two, when their 23 away games entailed 8,699 miles.
An increase of 1,923 miles in next season's fifth tier involves a number of away games in the far south of the country against clubs such as Truro City, Yeovil Town, Eastleigh, Sutton United, Southend, Aldershot Town, Woking, Braintree Town and Wealdstone.
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Southend United's Roots Hall will be one of a number of far-off destinations for Carlisle in 2025/26 (Image: PA)
Against that, the Blues will also have their shortest league trip for many years, to Gateshead, along with other northern opponents such as Morecambe, Hartlepool United, York City, Rochdale and Altrincham.
Overall, their 10,629-mile round trip will be their longest since 2017/18, which saw 10,791 miles on the road in League Two.
National League new boys Truro will be comfortably the furthest-flung of Carlisle's opponents, with the Cornwall club a massive 439.1 miles away from Brunton Park – a round trip of 878.2 miles for United's first ever trip to face the Tinners.
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Second longest will be Yeovil Town, with a 337.3-mile journey and a 674.6-mile round trip to Huish Park.
Some nine of United's away games come in at more than 300 miles and hence a round trip of more than 600 miles each. First ever league trips to Eastleigh, Braintree and Wealdstone are in that group.
At the lighter end of things travelling-wise, Carlisle have three away games shorter than 100 miles.
Gateshead's International Stadium will be the closest away ground for United next term (Image: Barbara Abbott)
The trip to Gateshead is the shortest at 59.7 miles and a round trip of 119.4 miles.
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Second shortest is fellow relegated club Morecambe at 69.9 miles (139.8-mile round trip) with Hartlepool the third shortest at 89.7 miles (179.4-mile round trip).
Games at Rochdale, York City, Altrincham, FC Halifax Town, Scunthorpe United and Tamworth also come in under the 200-mile mark.
The full rundown of United's opponents and how far they are from Brunton Park is as follows (figures from AA Routeplanner):
TRURO CITY – 439.1 miles
YEOVIL TOWN – 337.3 miles
EASTLEIGH – 331.3 miles
SUTTON UNITED – 330.5 miles
SOUTHEND UNITED – 329.5 miles
ALDERSHOT TOWN – 327.7 miles
WOKING – 317.2 miles
BRAINTREE TOWN – 303.9 miles
WEALDSTONE – 302.3 miles
BOREHAM WOOD – 293.6 miles
FOREST GREEN ROVERS – 257 miles
BRACKLEY TOWN – 248.8 miles
BOSTON UNITED – 212.7 miles
SOLIHULL MOORS – 206.2 miles
TAMWORTH – 194.4 miles
SCUNTHORPE UNITED – 160.5 miles
FC HALIFAX TOWN – 140.9 miles
ALTRINCHAM – 128.4 miles
YORK CITY – 118.7 miles
ROCHDALE – 115.1 miles
HARTLEPOOL UNITED – 89.7 miles
MORECAMBE – 69.9 miles
GATESHEAD – 59.7 miles
TOTAL MILES – 5,314.4 miles
TOTAL ROUND TRIP – 10,628.8 miles