Farlam is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Farlam

There are great places to visit near Farlam 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 Farlam include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell's hiking areas if visiting the area around Farlam.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Farlam best villages to visit near Farlam.

Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Farlam.

Farlam 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.

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 great places to visit near Farlam if you like old mines.

There are a number of waterfalls near Farlam including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

The area around Farlam 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.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Farlam best lakes to visit near Farlam.

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

The area around Farlam boasts some of the best towns 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 Farlam if you like mountains.

Farlam has some unmissable castles nearby like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

The area around Farlam boasts some of the best 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.

Farlam is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,

The area around Farlam boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Farlam's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

There are a number of nature reserves near to Farlam including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

The area around Farlam boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Piel Island is one of Farlam's best, nearby islands to visit in Farlam.

Farlam History

There are some historic monuments around Farlam:

• Bastle at Upper Denton
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• Roachburn Colliery
• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• Castle Hill
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Moated site at Upper Denton
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
• Boothby Roman fort
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Lanercost Bridge
• Grey Yauds stone circle
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road