Fenton is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Fenton postcode: CA8 9JZ

Retail in Fenton

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

There are a number of hiking areas near Fenton including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

The area around Fenton features a number of interesting ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Fenton's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.

The area around Fenton features a number of interesting old mines 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.

The area around Fenton features a number of interesting waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near Fenton if you like rivers and streams.

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

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

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

The area around Fenton features a number of interesting mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Fenton.

Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are great places to visit near Fenton if you like historic buildings.

Fairy Steps is one of Fenton's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Fenton.

There are a several good caves in the Fenton area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Fenton.

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Fenton include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Fenton best airports to visit near Fenton.

The area around Fenton's best islands can be found at Piel Island.

Fenton History

There are some historic monuments around Fenton:

• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Castle Hill
• Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street House
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Park House Roman fort
• Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Grey Yauds stone circle
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street House
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street House
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• 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
• Broomrigg D: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 760m north west of Far Shields
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m 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
• Lanercost Bridge
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Boothby Roman fort
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp