Retail in Brougham
There are great places to visit near Brougham 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.
Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are great places to visit near Brougham if you like hills.
Brougham has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Villages to visit near Brougham include Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
There are a number of ancient sites near Brougham including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
There are a several good ruins in the Brougham area like 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.
Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are great places to visit near Brougham if you like old mines.
Waterfalls to visit near Brougham include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
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 Brougham.
Lakes to visit near Brougham include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Brougham's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
The area around Brougham features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Brougham has some unmissable mountains nearby like 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 Brougham best castles to visit near Brougham.
Historic Buildings to visit near Brougham include Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
The area around Brougham's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.
Brougham's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Brougham best bluebell woods to visit near Brougham.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Brougham's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Brougham.
Brougham is near some unmissable disused railway lines like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Brougham best airports to visit near Brougham.
Piel Island is one of Brougham's best, nearby islands to visit in Brougham.
Brougham History
There are some historic monuments around Brougham:
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Little Meg round cairn
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Roman camp 200m south west of Knowe Farm
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Old Penrith (Voreda) Plumpton Wall
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Throstle Brow prehistoric enclosure
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Little Round Table henge
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle, associated cursus and prehistoric enclosure
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Eamont Bridge
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Mayburgh henge
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Roman camp 200m west of Galleygill Bridge
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Clifton Hall tower
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Cross in St Michael's churchyard, Addingham
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld Gate
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Round cairn including prehistoric carved stone 620m north west of Glassonby
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
- The Countess Pillar
