Broughton Moor is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Broughton Moor

There are great places to visit near Broughton Moor 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 Moor best hills to visit near Broughton Moor.

The area around Broughton Moor boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of villages near Broughton Moor including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

The area around Broughton Moor 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.

Broughton Moor 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.

The area around Broughton Moor features a number of interesting old mines including Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Broughton Moor's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Broughton Moor's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

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

Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are great places to visit near Broughton Moor if you like woodlands.

There are a several good towns in the Broughton Moor area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Broughton Moor best mountains to visit near Broughton Moor.

Castles to visit near Broughton Moor include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

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 Moor.

Historic Monuments to visit near Broughton Moor include Fairy Steps.

Broughton Moor's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a number of bluebell woods near Broughton Moor including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Nature Reserves to visit near Broughton Moor include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a number of disused railway lines near to Broughton Moor including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a several good airports in the Broughton Moor area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Broughton Moor is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Broughton Moor History

There are some historic monuments around Broughton Moor:

• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Burrow Walls Roman fort
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Netherhall
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Allonby saltpan
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus