Retail in Great Strickland
There are great places to visit near Great Strickland 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 Great Strickland including 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 Great Strickland.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Great Strickland if you like villages.
Great Strickland's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
There are a number of ruins near Great Strickland 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 number of old mines near Great Strickland 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 several good waterfalls in the Great Strickland area like 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 Great Strickland if you like rivers and streams.
Lakes to visit near Great Strickland include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are great places to visit near Great Strickland if you like woodlands.
Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are great places to visit near Great Strickland if you like towns.
The area around Great Strickland boasts some of the best mountains 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 Strickland best castles to visit near Great Strickland.
Don't miss Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct's historic buildings if visiting the area around Great Strickland.
Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Great Strickland.
Caves to visit near Great Strickland include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
The area around Great Strickland boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Great Strickland is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
There are a number of disused railway lines near to Great Strickland including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Great Strickland has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is one of Great Strickland's best, nearby islands to visit in Great Strickland.
Great Strickland History
There are some historic monuments around Great Strickland:
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Little Round Table henge
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Mayburgh henge
- Bowl barrow 70m south of Iron Hill
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Oddendale concentric stone circle
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow Green
- Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe
- Crosby Ravensworth churchyard cross
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow Green
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Shap large regular stone circle
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Crake Trees tower house
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Ewe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielings
- Medieval shieling south of Cow Green
- Clifton Hall tower
- Burwens Romano-British settlement and associated field system
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Bowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High Haber
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Round cairn on Dale Moor
- Ewe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman road
- Cow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shieling
- Eamont Bridge
- King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well
- Keld Chapel
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Round cairn on White Raise
- The Countess Pillar
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby Gill
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielings
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Bowl barrow on Iron Hill
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Cow Green long barrow
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Roman milestone, 180m north west of Spitals
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Bowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack Moor
