Retail in Boot
There are great places to visit near Boot 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.
Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are some of Boot best hills to visit near Boot.
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 Boot.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Boot best villages to visit near Boot.
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 Boot if you like ancient sites.
There are a number of ruins near Boot including 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.
There are a number of old mines near Boot 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.
The area around Boot boasts some of the best waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Boot'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.
The area around Boot boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Woodlands to visit near Boot include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
The area around Boot features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Boot's best nearby mountains can be found at Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
There are a number of castles near Boot including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Don't miss Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct's historic buildings if visiting the area around Boot.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Boot like Fairy Steps.
The area around Boot features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Bluebell Woods to visit near Boot include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area close to Boot boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
The area around Boot's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Airports to visit near Boot include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is one of Boot's best, nearby islands to visit in Boot.
Boot History
There are some historic monuments around Boot:
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 760m NNE of Stainton
- Prehistoric enclosure containing three hut circles and eight clearance cairns and an adjacent hut circle and cairnfield north east of Boat How, Burnmoor
- Green How West unenclosed prehistoric hut circle settlement 540m NNE of Birkerthwaite
- Great Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 710m south east of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge
- Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric enclosure containing ten clearance cairns south west of Boat How, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 740m south west of Rowantree Force
- Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield and a funerary cairn 400m south east of Woodend Bridge
- Smallstone Beck prehistoric cairnfield 410m east of Birkerthwaite
- Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse
- Prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, hut circles and a farmstead on Corney Fell, 440m north west of Buckbarow Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 330m south of The Knott
- Prehisitoric cairnfield 850m north west of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground
- Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Hesk Fell 800m north of Holehouse Bridge
- Cairnfield including a funerary cairn, standing stone and three stone banks south of Eller How, Burnmoor
- Black Beck North prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 950m SSW of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Black Beck
- Prehistoric enclosure north of Little Pie, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement and associated field system 290m south east of Low Birker Tarn
- Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn, a linear boundary, and a dispersed medieval settlement and field system 840m west of Horseman Gate
- Prehistoric cairnfield immediately south of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and hut circle east of Water Crag
- Yokerill Hows, group of seven cairns
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 360m south east of Raven Crag
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 540m south west of The Knott
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 350m west of The Knott
- Stainton Ling prehistoric hut circle settlement, associated field systems, cairnfields, funerary cairns, and a medieval field system and two shielings
- Gray Borran group of cairns
- Hardknott Roman fort, bath-house, parade ground and tribunal, 4 Roman roads, Roman quarries and 3 cairns
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 840m north west of Redgill Head
- Three prehistoric cairnfields and an associated field system on Corney Fell, 1.2km south east of High Corney
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Corney Fell, 620m south east of Lambground
- Prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement, field system, funerary cairn, and a medieval shieling on Birkby Fell west of Devoke Water
- Prehistoric enclosure south of The Intake, 920m south east of Stainton
- Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well
- Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield, funerary cairn and a linear boundary 1000m ENE of Woodend Bridge
- Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield 375m east of Woodend Bridge
- Barnscar prehistoric cairnfield, two hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, and a Romano-British farmstead, trackway and field system
- Prehistoric round cairn on Whitfell
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system north of Pike How, 650m west of High Ground
- Prehistoric hut circle settlement and cairnfield, three medieval settlements and associated field systems, and two shielings north of Crosbythwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 800m north west and 800m north of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Waberthwaite Fell, on the north bank of Charlesground Gill, 880m south east of High Corney
- Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and a funerary cairn 520m south of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric cairnfield 840m east of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric long cairn on Stainton Fell, 940m north east of Rowantree Force
- Prehistoric cairnfield 660m north east of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate
- Hare Gill prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement and associated field system 715m SSE of Fisher Gate
- Prehistoric cairnfield and enclosure 750m west of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 950m north of Rowantree Force
- Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 660m north of Rowantree Force
- Prehistoric cairnfield, field system, two funerary cairns, a Romano-British farmstead, field system and a post-medieval haematite mine at Brantrake Moss
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 730m ENE of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield 420m south east of the triangulation pillar on Rough Crag
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 630m east of the confluence of Hall Beck and Devoke Water
- Cairnfield including a prehistoric enclosure, 5 stone circles, 10 funerary cairns, 6 stone banks, 2 stone walls, a lynchet and a trackway on Burnmoor
- Roman kilns
- Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric enclosure, hut circle and adjacent cairnfield east of Whillan Beck, Burnmoor
- Crosby Gill prehistoric cairnfield and field system and a dispersed medieval settlement and associated lynchets 450m west of Crosbythwaite
- Roman road from Wrynose Bottom to Hardknott Ford
- Medieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low Gillerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield south west of Water Crag, 290m north west of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Devoke Water
- Sike Moss prehistoric cairnfield and two ring cairns 215m north east of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield 570m south west of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, hut circles, Romano-British farmstead and a medieval field system, 1.1km SE of Stainton
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system south west of Birkby Fell, 750m north east of The Knott
- Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 600m ENE of Woodend Bridge
- Mecklin Park cairnfield, 500m north of Ain House
