Broadwath is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Broadwath postcode: CA8 9BA

Retail in Broadwath

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

There are a several good hiking areas in the Broadwath area like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Broadwath features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Broadwath has some unmissable ancient sites nearby 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 great places to visit near Broadwath if you like ruins.

The area around Broadwath features a number of interesting old mines 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.

Waterfalls to visit near Broadwath include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Broadwath has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

The area around Broadwath boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

There are a several good towns in the Broadwath 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 Broadwath.

Castles to visit near Broadwath include 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 Broadwath.

Fairy Steps is a great place to visit close to Broadwath if you like historic monuments.

Caves to visit near Broadwath include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

The area close to Broadwath boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Broadwath if you like disused railway lines.

Broadwath's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Broadwath is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Broadwath History

There are some historic monuments around Broadwath:

• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• 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
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Castle Hill
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street House
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Park House Roman fort
• Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street House
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street House
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m south east of Street House
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Boothby Roman fort
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Grey Yauds stone circle