Retail in Clifton
There are great places to visit near Clifton 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 Clifton features a number of interesting hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell's hiking areas if visiting the area around Clifton.
Clifton's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
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 Clifton best ancient sites to visit near Clifton.
The area around Clifton 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.
Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are some of Clifton best old mines to visit near Clifton.
Clifton has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Clifton has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Lakes to visit near Clifton include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are some of Clifton best woodlands to visit near Clifton.
Clifton's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
The area around Clifton features a number of interesting mountains including 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 Clifton.
Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are great places to visit near Clifton if you like historic buildings.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Clifton like Fairy Steps.
There are a number of caves near Clifton including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
The area around Clifton 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 Clifton if you like nature reserves.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Clifton's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Clifton.
The area around Clifton boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
There are a number of islands near to Clifton including Piel Island.
Clifton History
There are some historic monuments around Clifton:
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Eamont Bridge
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Little Round Table henge
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld Gate
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Clifton Hall tower
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- The Countess Pillar
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Mayburgh henge
- Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle, associated cursus and prehistoric enclosure
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
