Askam-in-Furness
Askam-in-Furness is a Town in the county of Cumbria.
Askam-in-Furness postcode: LA16 7DE
There are great places to visit near Askam-in-Furness 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 Askam-in-Furness boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
The area around Askam-in-Furness boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
There are a several good villages in the Askam-in-Furness area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Askam-in-Furness's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
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 are great places to visit near Askam-in-Furness if you like ruins.
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 some of Askam-in-Furness best old mines to visit near Askam-in-Furness.
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 Askam-in-Furness.
Askam-in-Furness has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Lakes to visit near Askam-in-Furness include 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 Askam-in-Furness.
The area around Askam-in-Furness features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Askam-in-Furness.
The area around Askam-in-Furness features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Askam-in-Furness has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
Fairy Steps is one of Askam-in-Furness's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Askam-in-Furness.
There are a number of caves near Askam-in-Furness including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Askam-in-Furness has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Nature Reserves to visit near Askam-in-Furness include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Askam-in-Furness if you like disused railway lines.
The area around Askam-in-Furness boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
The area close to Askam-in-Furness boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.
Askam-in-Furness History
There are some historic monuments around Askam-in-Furness:
