Faugh is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Faugh postcode: CA8 9EN

Retail in Faugh

There are great places to visit near Faugh 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.

There are a number of hills near Faugh including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Hiking Areas to visit near Faugh include Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a several good villages in the Faugh area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

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 Faugh.

Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Faugh.

Faugh has some unmissable old mines nearby like Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Faugh best waterfalls to visit near Faugh.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Faugh include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Faugh's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

There are a number of woodlands near Faugh including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are great places to visit near Faugh if you like towns.

There are a number of mountains near Faugh including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Faugh's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Faugh 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.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Faugh including Fairy Steps.

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

There are a several good bluebell woods in the Faugh area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Faugh if you like nature reserves.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Faugh if you like disused railway lines.

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

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

Faugh History

There are some historic monuments around Faugh:

• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Lanercost Bridge
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Castle Hill
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street House
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street House
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• 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
• Grey Yauds stone circle
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m south east of Street House
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Broomrigg D: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 760m north west of Far Shields
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Boothby Roman fort
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street House
• 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
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church