Retail in Helton
There are great places to visit near Helton including some great hills, hiking areas, villages, ancient sites, ruins, old mines, waterfalls, rivers and streams, lakes, woodlands, towns, mountains, castles, historic buildings, historic monuments, caves, bluebell woods, nature reserves, disused railway lines, airports and islands.
There are a several good hills in the Helton area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
The area around Helton features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Helton features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Ancient Sites to visit near Helton include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
Helton has some unmissable ruins nearby like Bonsor East Mine Workings, Bonsor Dressing Floors, Penny Rigg Copper Mill, Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), and Hebblethwaite Hall Gill.
Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are great places to visit near Helton if you like old mines.
There are a number of waterfalls near Helton including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
The area around Helton boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
The area around Helton boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Don't miss Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Helton.
Helton has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Helton has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Helton best castles to visit near Helton.
The area around Helton boasts some of the best historic buildings including Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Helton like Fairy Steps.
The area around Helton boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Helton's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Helton is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
The area around Helton's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Helton if you like airports.
Piel Island is one of Helton's best, nearby islands to visit in Helton.
Helton History
There are some historic monuments around Helton:
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Castle Crag slight univallate hillfort
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Clifton Hall tower
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Eamont Bridge
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Maiden Castle univallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Round cairn on High Raise
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Shap Stone Alignment
- The Countess Pillar
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Blencow Old Hall moated tower house
- Mayburgh henge
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Selside Pike round cairn
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Keld Chapel
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Little Round Table henge
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
