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