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