Cardurnock is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Cardurnock postcode: CA7 5AQ

Retail in Cardurnock

There are great places to visit near Cardurnock 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 Cardurnock boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

There are a number of hiking areas near Cardurnock 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 Cardurnock best villages to visit near Cardurnock.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Cardurnock area like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Ruins to visit near Cardurnock 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.

The area around Cardurnock boasts some of the best 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.

Cardurnock has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Cardurnock include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

There are a number of lakes near Cardurnock including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Cardurnock's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

The area around Cardurnock boasts some of the best towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a number of mountains near Cardurnock including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Cardurnock's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a number of historic buildings near Cardurnock including 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 close to Cardurnock boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

The area around Cardurnock boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

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

There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Cardurnock like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

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

Cardurnock History

There are some historic monuments around Cardurnock:

• Prehistoric enclosure and hut circle, a Romano-British enclosure, and a Romano-British farmstead and associated field system north of Wolsty Hall
• Cardurnock Marsh turret 4a
• The Roman fort and associated civil settlement and a medieval tower house at Bowness on Solway at the west end of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 80
• Pasture House (milefortlet 3), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Annan Hill Roman camp Roman: camp SM4273
• St Mary's Abbey, Holmcultram
• Skinburness (milefortlet 9), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, and earlier Roman camp
• Woodhead,enclosure 200m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM4090
• Palisade ditches, part of Roman frontier defences along Cumbrian coast, Roman camp & road and part of Romano-British field system,250m north of Silloth Farm
• Blacketlees Cottages, enclosure 75m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM12027
• Mote of Annan, motte-and-bailey castle, 70m SSW of Moat House Secular: motte SM702
• Cardurnock (tower 4b) and earlier ditch system and patrol road, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Gleningle, enclosure 80m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM12001
• Hurkledale, enclosure 400m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM11740
• Branthat Plantation, enclosed settlement 320m SE of Gill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM12089
• Cardurnock milefortlet (Mf 5)
• Herd Hill (milefortlet 4) and associated parallel banks and ditches, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Hadrian's Wall between Port Carlisle and Bowness-on-Solway in wall miles 78 and 79
• Annan old graveyard, recumbent grave marker 45m ENE of town hall Crosses and carved stones: inscribed stone SM12183
• Hayknowes, settlement 180m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM12092
• Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Havens
• Herd Hill North (tower 3b), 175m north east of the sheep wash, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Campfield (tower 2b) and associated parallel ditches and Roman road, 350m south west of Campfield Farm part of Roman frontier defences along Cumbrian coast
• Biglands House (milefortlet 1) and associated parallel ditches, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Kirkbride Roman fort, part of associated vicus and length of Roman road around, 370m south east of Whitrigg Bridge
• Pasture House turret 3a