Brisco is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Brisco postcode: CA4 0QS

Retail in Brisco

There are great places to visit near Brisco 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.

There are a several good hills in the Brisco area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Brisco best hiking areas to visit near Brisco.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Brisco best villages to visit near Brisco.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Brisco area like 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 Brisco best ruins to visit near Brisco.

There are a several good old mines in the Brisco area 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.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Brisco area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Brisco'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.

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

Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are some of Brisco best woodlands to visit near Brisco.

There are a several good towns in the Brisco area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Brisco.

Castles to visit near Brisco 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 Brisco best historic buildings to visit near Brisco.

Historic Monuments to visit near Brisco include Fairy Steps.

Don't miss Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel's caves if visiting the area around Brisco.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Brisco if you like bluebell woods.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Brisco if you like nature reserves.

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

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

Brisco is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Brisco History

There are some historic monuments around Brisco:

• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Park House Roman fort
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68
• Polygonal prehistoric enclosure and associated field system at Petterilbank Cottages
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Bishop's Dyke
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Rockcliffe Cross
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• City wall, NE side
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68
• Petteril Green Romano-British farmstead, associated field system and two trackways