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.
Clifton Dykes has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like 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 Clifton Dykes.
Ancient Sites to visit near Clifton Dykes include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
Clifton Dykes has some unmissable ruins nearby like 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 Clifton Dykes 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.
Waterfalls to visit near Clifton Dykes include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near Clifton Dykes if you like rivers and streams.
The area around Clifton Dykes features a number of interesting lakes including 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 Dykes best woodlands to visit near Clifton Dykes.
Towns to visit near Clifton Dykes include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Clifton Dykes has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
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 several good historic monuments in the area around Clifton Dykes like Fairy Steps.
The area around Clifton Dykes boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
The area around Clifton Dykes boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area around Clifton Dykes's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
The area close to Clifton Dykes boasts some of the best disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Clifton Dykes's best nearby airports can be found at 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:
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Mayburgh henge
- Clifton Hall tower
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld Gate
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle, associated cursus and prehistoric enclosure
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Eamont Bridge
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- The Countess Pillar
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Throstle Brow prehistoric enclosure
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Little Round Table henge
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Little Meg round cairn
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
