Bridgefoot is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Bridgefoot postcode: CA14 1YF

Retail in Bridgefoot

There are great places to visit near Bridgefoot 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 Bridgefoot boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Bridgefoot features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Bridgefoot if you like villages.

Bridgefoot'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.

Ruins to visit near Bridgefoot include 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 Bridgefoot 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.

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

Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Bridgefoot.

Bridgefoot's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

There are a number of woodlands near Bridgefoot including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Bridgefoot's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Mountains to visit near Bridgefoot include Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Bridgefoot best castles to visit near Bridgefoot.

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 Bridgefoot.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Bridgefoot like Fairy Steps.

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

Bridgefoot's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Bridgefoot is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Bridgefoot include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Bridgefoot has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Places near Bridgefoot feature a number of interesting islands including Piel Island.

Bridgefoot History

There are some historic monuments around Bridgefoot:

• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Hayes Castle
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Allonby saltpan
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Netherhall
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Round cairn 75m north east of summit of Carling Knott
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Burrow Walls Roman fort
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast