Burnrigg is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Burnrigg postcode: CA8 9BH

Retail in Burnrigg

There are great places to visit near Burnrigg 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.

Burnrigg has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell's hiking areas if visiting the area around Burnrigg.

The area around Burnrigg features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Burnrigg.

Ruins to visit near Burnrigg include 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.

Burnrigg 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.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Burnrigg area like 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 Burnrigg.

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

There are a several good woodlands in the Burnrigg area like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Burnrigg best towns to visit near Burnrigg.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Burnrigg if you like mountains.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Burnrigg best castles to visit near Burnrigg.

Historic Buildings to visit near Burnrigg 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.

Places near Burnrigg feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

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

Burnrigg has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

There are a number of nature reserves near to Burnrigg including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Burnrigg include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Burnrigg if you like airports.

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

Burnrigg History

There are some historic monuments around Burnrigg:

• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Castle Hill
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Park House Roman fort
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• 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
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• 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
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56