Eaglesfield is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Eaglesfield postcode: CA13 0SA

Retail in Eaglesfield

There are great places to visit near Eaglesfield 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 Eaglesfield boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Eaglesfield boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Eaglesfield has some unmissable villages nearby like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Ancient Sites to visit near Eaglesfield include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

The area around Eaglesfield boasts some of the best 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 Eaglesfield best old mines to visit near Eaglesfield.

Eaglesfield's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

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

There are a several good lakes in the Eaglesfield area like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Eaglesfield has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

The area around Eaglesfield boasts some of the best towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

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

The area around Eaglesfield features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Don't miss Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct's historic buildings if visiting the area around Eaglesfield.

The area around Eaglesfield's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.

Eaglesfield has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

The area around Eaglesfield boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Eaglesfield like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Eaglesfield's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Eaglesfield.

There are a several good airports in the Eaglesfield area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

There are a number of islands near to Eaglesfield including Piel Island.

Eaglesfield History

There are some historic monuments around Eaglesfield:

• Shieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale Beck
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Netherhall
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Tute Hill motte
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Round cairn 75m north east of summit of Carling Knott
• Moated site of Loweswater Pele