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