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.

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

Broadwath's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Broadwath.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Broadwath area like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Broadwath.

Broadwath 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.

Don't miss Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Broadwath.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Broadwath area like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

The area around Broadwath features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Broadwath boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

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

Mountains to visit near Broadwath include 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 Broadwath including 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 great places to visit near Broadwath if you like historic buildings.

The area around Broadwath's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Broadwath best caves to visit near Broadwath.

The area around Broadwath boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Broadwath.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Broadwath.

The area around Broadwath boasts some of the best airports including 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:

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