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