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.

Hills to visit near Eaglesfield include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Eaglesfield's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Eaglesfield features a number of interesting villages including 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.

There are a number of old mines near Eaglesfield 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.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Eaglesfield area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Eaglesfield 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.

The area around Eaglesfield boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Don't miss Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Eaglesfield.

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.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Eaglesfield best castles to visit near Eaglesfield.

Historic Buildings to visit near Eaglesfield include 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 one of Eaglesfield's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Eaglesfield.

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

Don't miss Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Eaglesfield.

Places near Eaglesfield feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a number of disused railway lines near to Eaglesfield including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Eaglesfield if you like airports.

The area close to Eaglesfield boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Eaglesfield History

There are some historic monuments around Eaglesfield:

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