Boltonfellend is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Boltonfellend postcode: CA6 6HW

Retail in Boltonfellend

There are great places to visit near Boltonfellend 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.

Boltonfellend's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Boltonfellend 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 Boltonfellend area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Boltonfellend'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.

Boltonfellend's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.

Boltonfellend has some unmissable old mines nearby like Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Boltonfellend best waterfalls to visit near Boltonfellend.

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

Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Boltonfellend.

Don't miss Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Boltonfellend.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Boltonfellend best towns to visit near Boltonfellend.

The area around Boltonfellend features a number of interesting mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Boltonfellend features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Historic Buildings to visit near Boltonfellend include 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 a great place to visit close to Boltonfellend if you like historic monuments.

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

There are a number of bluebell woods near Boltonfellend including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Boltonfellend like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Places near Boltonfellend feature a number of interesting disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area around Boltonfellend boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

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

Boltonfellend History

There are some historic monuments around Boltonfellend:

• Castle Hill
• Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• 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
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm