Great Broughton is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Great Broughton postcode: CA13 0YN

Retail in Great Broughton

There are great places to visit near Great Broughton 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.

Great Broughton has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Great Broughton features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

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 Great Broughton.

The area around Great Broughton 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.

There are a several good old mines in the Great Broughton area 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.

The area around Great Broughton 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.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Great Broughton including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

The area around Great Broughton features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

There are a number of towns near Great Broughton including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a number of mountains near Great Broughton including 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 Great Broughton best castles to visit near Great Broughton.

Great Broughton'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.

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

Great Broughton's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Great Broughton best bluebell woods to visit near Great Broughton.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Great Broughton's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Great Broughton.

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

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

Don't miss Piel Island's islands if visiting the area around Great Broughton.

Great Broughton History

There are some historic monuments around Great Broughton:

• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Netherhall
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Allonby saltpan
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Tute Hill motte
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Round cairn 75m north east of summit of Carling Knott
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast