Retail in Askerton
There are great places to visit near Askerton 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 Askerton boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
There are a number of hiking areas near Askerton including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Askerton features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
There are a number of ancient sites near Askerton including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Askerton.
There are a number of old mines near Askerton including Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
Waterfalls to visit near Askerton include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
There are a several good rivers and streams in the Askerton area like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are great places to visit near Askerton if you like lakes.
Askerton's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
There are a several good towns in the Askerton area like 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 some of Askerton best mountains to visit near Askerton.
Castles to visit near Askerton include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
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 some of Askerton best historic buildings to visit near Askerton.
Historic Monuments to visit near Askerton include Fairy Steps.
Askerton's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
There are a number of bluebell woods near Askerton including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Askerton like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Askerton.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Askerton if you like airports.
Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Askerton if you like islands.
Askerton History
There are some historic monuments around Askerton:
- Medieval shieling on Greyfell Common 310m north west of Stantling Loan
- Unfinished high cross shaft on Long Bar 580m north east of Todcrag Loch
- Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
- Lynestead medieval pele tower, early post-medieval farmstead and an associated corn drying kiln
- The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
- Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
- Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
- Shiel Knowe round cairn
- Stantling Loan medieval shieling
- Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
- Four medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare Grain
- Two medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne 230m north east of confluence with little Hare Grain
- RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
- The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
- Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 230m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
- Round cairn 300m south west of Underwood
- Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
- Three shielings on Foulbog Rigg; the westernmost of a group of seven
- Bastle at Upper Denton
- RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
- The Currick long cairn 710m north east of Cald Well
- Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
- Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
- Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
- Low Grains bastle
- The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
- Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
- Moated site at Upper Denton
- RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
- Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
- Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
- Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
- Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Grey Hill 930m south east of Ashycroft
- St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
- Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook
- Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
- Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
- Ten medieval shielings on north bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare Grain
- Hazel Gill shieling
- Shieling on Foulbog Rigg; one of a group of seven
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
- White Lyne round cairn 60m NNW of confluence of Gate Grain and White Lyne
- High Grains medieval pele tower and three shielings 200m west of High Grains Farm
- Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
- Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 410m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
- Lanercost Bridge
- RAF Spadeadam: Greymare Hill Missile Test Area
- Horse Head medieval shieling on Greyfell Common 50m west of confluence of Gosling Sike and Horsehead Grain
- Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
- Willowford Roman temporary camp
- Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
- Crew Castle bastle
- Antonstown medieval dispersed settlement 450m south east of Crew Farm
- The Hill medieval dispersed settlement and an early post-medieval settlement 400m east of Ashycroft
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
- Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
- Medieval shieling 800m east of Woodhead
- Round cairn 610m south east of High Grains
- Prehistoric enclosure, field system and cairnfield, and medieval and early post-medieval settlements and field systems 600m SSW of Blacklyne House
- Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
- Shieling on Foulbog Rigg; the easternmost of a group of seven
- The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
- Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
- High Grains bastle and shieling 130m west of High Grains Farm
- Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
- Two medieval shielings 30m north west of Stantling Loan on Greyfell Common
- Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
- Two shielings on Foulbog Rigg; part of a group of seven
- The Loan medieval bastle and post-medieval cottage
- Tower Tye ringwork
- Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 130m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
- Boothby Roman fort
- Towerbrae round cairn
- Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
- Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
- Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
- Barron's Pike bowl barrow
- Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
