Camerton is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Camerton

There are great places to visit near Camerton 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.

The area around Camerton boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Hiking Areas to visit near Camerton include Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Camerton.

The area around Camerton boasts some of the best 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.

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 are great places to visit near Camerton if you like ruins.

Camerton 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.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Camerton best waterfalls to visit near Camerton.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near Camerton if you like rivers and streams.

Camerton has some unmissable lakes nearby like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Camerton boasts some of the best woodlands including 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 Camerton best towns to visit near Camerton.

Camerton'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 Camerton best castles to visit near Camerton.

Camerton has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

The area around Camerton's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.

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

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Camerton if you like bluebell woods.

Nature Reserves to visit near Camerton include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Camerton if you like disused railway lines.

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

There are a number of islands near to Camerton including Piel Island.

Camerton History

There are some historic monuments around Camerton:

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