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.

There are a several good hills in the Burnrigg area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Burnrigg has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

There are a number of ancient sites near Burnrigg including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

The area around Burnrigg features a number of interesting ruins 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.

Burnrigg's best nearby old mines can be found at Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are great places to visit near Burnrigg if you like waterfalls.

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.

The area around Burnrigg features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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.

Burnrigg's best nearby mountains can be found at 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 Burnrigg best castles to visit near Burnrigg.

Burnrigg's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Fairy Steps is one of Burnrigg's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Burnrigg.

The area around Burnrigg features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

The area around Burnrigg features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Burnrigg if you like nature reserves.

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

Airports to visit near Burnrigg include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Burnrigg is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Burnrigg History

There are some historic monuments around Burnrigg:

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