Retail in Eamont Bridge
There are great places to visit near Eamont Bridge 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 Eamont Bridge include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Eamont Bridge if you like hiking areas.
Eamont Bridge's best nearby villages can be found at 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 Eamont Bridge if you like ancient sites.
The area around Eamont Bridge features a number of interesting 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.
Eamont Bridge's best nearby old mines can be found at Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
The area around Eamont Bridge boasts some of the best waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Eamont Bridge include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
The area around Eamont Bridge 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 Eamont Bridge.
There are a number of towns near Eamont Bridge including 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 Eamont Bridge if you like mountains.
Eamont Bridge has some unmissable castles nearby like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Eamont Bridge's best nearby historic buildings can be found at 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 Eamont Bridge like Fairy Steps.
Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Eamont Bridge best caves to visit near Eamont Bridge.
Eamont Bridge has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area close to Eamont Bridge boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Disused Railway Lines to visit near Eamont Bridge include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Eamont Bridge if you like airports.
There are a number of islands near to Eamont Bridge including Piel Island.
Eamont Bridge History
There are some historic monuments around Eamont Bridge:
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Cross in St Michael's churchyard, Addingham
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Little Round Table henge
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle, associated cursus and prehistoric enclosure
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Eamont Bridge
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Old Penrith (Voreda) Plumpton Wall
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- The Countess Pillar
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Throstle Brow prehistoric enclosure
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Round cairn including prehistoric carved stone 620m north west of Glassonby
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Roman camp 200m west of Galleygill Bridge
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Clifton Hall tower
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld Gate
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Little Meg round cairn
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Roman camp 200m south west of Knowe Farm
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Mayburgh henge
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
