Broughton Cross is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Broughton Cross postcode: CA13 0TZ

Retail in Broughton Cross

There are great places to visit near Broughton Cross 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 some of Broughton Cross best hills to visit near Broughton Cross.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Broughton Cross best hiking areas to visit near Broughton Cross.

The area around Broughton Cross boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Ancient Sites to visit near Broughton Cross include 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 number of ruins near Broughton Cross including 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.

Broughton Cross 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.

The area around Broughton Cross features a number of interesting waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Broughton Cross including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

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

Broughton Cross's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

There are a number of towns near Broughton Cross including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

The area around Broughton Cross boasts some of the best mountains including 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 Broughton Cross best castles to visit near Broughton Cross.

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 Broughton Cross.

The area close to Broughton Cross boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

Don't miss Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel's caves if visiting the area around Broughton Cross.

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

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

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Broughton Cross's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Broughton Cross.

There are a number of airports near Broughton Cross including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Broughton Cross if you like islands.

Broughton Cross History

There are some historic monuments around Broughton Cross:

• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Round cairn 75m north east of summit of Carling Knott
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Tute Hill motte
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Allonby saltpan
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Netherhall
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus