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.
The area around Brougham boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
The area around Brougham boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Brougham features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Ancient Sites to visit near Brougham include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
Brougham has some unmissable ruins nearby 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.
Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Brougham best waterfalls to visit near Brougham.
Brougham 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.
Lakes to visit near Brougham include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Woodlands to visit near Brougham include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Don't miss Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen's towns if visiting the area around Brougham.
Mountains to visit near Brougham include Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Castles to visit near Brougham include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Brougham has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like 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 close to Brougham boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
Caves to visit near Brougham include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
There are a several good bluebell woods in the Brougham area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Brougham like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
The area close to Brougham boasts some of the best disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Brougham if you like airports.
Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Brougham if you like islands.
Brougham History
There are some historic monuments around Brougham:
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Roman camp 200m west of Galleygill Bridge
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld Gate
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Clifton Hall tower
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Little Meg round cairn
- Cross in St Michael's churchyard, Addingham
- Mayburgh henge
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- The Countess Pillar
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Throstle Brow prehistoric enclosure
- Old Penrith (Voreda) Plumpton Wall
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle, associated cursus and prehistoric enclosure
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Little Round Table henge
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Round cairn including prehistoric carved stone 620m north west of Glassonby
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Roman camp 200m south west of Knowe Farm
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Eamont Bridge
