Aldoth is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Aldoth postcode: CA7 4NB

Retail in Aldoth

There are great places to visit near Aldoth 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.

The area around Aldoth boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Aldoth has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Aldoth best villages to visit near Aldoth.

Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are great places to visit near Aldoth if you like ancient sites.

There are a several good ruins in the Aldoth area 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 Aldoth if you like old mines.

Don't miss Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Aldoth.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Aldoth best rivers and streams to visit near Aldoth.

The area around Aldoth features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Aldoth boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Aldoth's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Aldoth if you like mountains.

Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Aldoth.

Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are great places to visit near Aldoth if you like historic buildings.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Aldoth including Fairy Steps.

The area around Aldoth features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Aldoth's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Nature Reserves to visit near Aldoth include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Aldoth like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Aldoth has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Piel Island is one of Aldoth's best, nearby islands to visit in Aldoth.

Aldoth History

There are some historic monuments around Aldoth:

• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Palisade ditches, part of Roman frontier defences along Cumbrian coast, Roman camp & road and part of Romano-British field system,250m north of Silloth Farm
• Harbybrow pele tower
• Silloth Golf Course tower 12b, 410m north west of Heatherbank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House
• Bank Mill tower 15a, 250m north west of Belmont House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• St Mungo's Castle
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Westnewton Castle
• Cardurnock (tower 4b) and earlier ditch system and patrol road, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman fortlet 40m SSW of Castle Fields
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Enclosure 1/2 mile (800m) S of Wolsty
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Beckfoot Roman fort
• Wolsty North tower 13a, 500m south west of Wolsty Farm, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Silloth Golf Course tower 12a, 670m WNW of Blitterlees Farm, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wolsty South tower 13b, 200m WNW of New House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Prehistoric enclosure and hut circle, a Romano-British enclosure, and a Romano-British farmstead and associated field system north of Wolsty Hall
• Cardurnock milefortlet (Mf 5)
• St Mary's Abbey, Holmcultram
• Moated site 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Cockbridge
• Moated site of Wolsty Castle
• Blennerhasset Roman fort, 300m south west of Harbybrow
• Cardurnock Marsh turret 4a
• Blitterlees (milefortlet 12), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• The Battery
• Prehistoric enclosure and trackway south of Wolsty Hall
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Skinburness (milefortlet 9), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, and earlier Roman camp