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