Great Clifton is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Great Clifton

There are great places to visit near Great Clifton 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 Clifton has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

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

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

There are a number of ancient sites near Great Clifton including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

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 Great Clifton.

The area around Great Clifton boasts some of the best 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.

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

Great Clifton's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at 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 Great Clifton best lakes to visit near Great Clifton.

Woodlands to visit near Great Clifton include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

There are a several good towns in the Great Clifton area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a several good mountains in the Great Clifton area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

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 some of Great Clifton best historic buildings to visit near Great Clifton.

Historic Monuments to visit near Great Clifton include Fairy Steps.

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

There are a number of bluebell woods near Great Clifton including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area close to Great Clifton boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Great Clifton's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Great Clifton.

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

There are a several good islands in the area around Great Clifton like Piel Island.

Great Clifton History

There are some historic monuments around Great Clifton:

• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Burrow Walls Roman fort
• Allonby saltpan
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Parton Roman fort
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Netherhall
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Hayes Castle
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement