Castle Carrock is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Castle Carrock

There are great places to visit near Castle Carrock 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 number of hills near Castle Carrock including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Castle Carrock's best nearby hiking areas can be found at 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 Castle Carrock.

Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are some of Castle Carrock best ancient sites to visit near Castle Carrock.

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 Castle Carrock if you like ruins.

There are a several good old mines in the Castle Carrock area 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.

Don't miss Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Castle Carrock.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Castle Carrock including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

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

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

The area around Castle Carrock features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a several good mountains in the Castle Carrock area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of castles near Castle Carrock including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Castle Carrock'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.

Historic Monuments to visit near Castle Carrock include Fairy Steps.

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

Castle Carrock's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Castle Carrock.

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

The area around Castle Carrock boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

There are a several good islands in the area around Castle Carrock like Piel Island.

Castle Carrock History

There are some historic monuments around Castle Carrock:

• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Lanercost Bridge
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street House
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
• Castle Hill
• Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House
• 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
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m south east of Street House
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
• Broomrigg D: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 760m north west of Far Shields
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Boothby Roman fort
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street House
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street House
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Grey Yauds stone circle
• Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church