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.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks's hills if visiting the area around Broadwath.

There are a number of hiking areas near Broadwath including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Broadwath has some unmissable villages nearby like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

The area around Broadwath features a number of interesting ancient sites including 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.

There are a several good old mines in the Broadwath 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.

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

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Broadwath best rivers and streams to visit near Broadwath.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Broadwath best lakes to visit near Broadwath.

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

The area around Broadwath features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Broadwath'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.

Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Broadwath.

The area around Broadwath features a number of interesting historic buildings including Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Broadwath.

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

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Broadwath best bluebell woods to visit near Broadwath.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Broadwath's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Broadwath.

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

The area around Broadwath features a number of interesting airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area close to Broadwath boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Broadwath History

There are some historic monuments around Broadwath:

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