Retail in Butterwick
There are great places to visit near Butterwick 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.
Butterwick's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
There are a number of hiking areas near Butterwick including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Butterwick best villages to visit near Butterwick.
Ancient Sites to visit near Butterwick 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 Butterwick 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.
Butterwick'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.
There are a number of waterfalls near Butterwick including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Butterwick best rivers and streams to visit near Butterwick.
Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Butterwick.
There are a number of woodlands near Butterwick including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
There are a number of towns near Butterwick including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
There are a several good mountains in the Butterwick area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Butterwick.
Butterwick'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.
There are a number of historic monuments near to Butterwick including Fairy Steps.
Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Butterwick if you like caves.
The area around Butterwick features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area around Butterwick's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Disused Railway Lines to visit near Butterwick include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around Butterwick.
Places near Butterwick feature a number of interesting islands including Piel Island.
Butterwick History
There are some historic monuments around Butterwick:
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Little Round Table henge
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Buck Park deerpound
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Round cairn on White Raise
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Maiden Castle univallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Round cairn 490m south 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
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Clifton Hall tower
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- The Countess Pillar
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Keld Chapel
- Round cairn on High Raise
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Selside Pike round cairn
- Eamont Bridge
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Mayburgh henge
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Castle Crag slight univallate hillfort
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
