Retail in Helton
There are great places to visit near Helton 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.
Hills to visit near Helton include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
The area around Helton boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Villages to visit near Helton include Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
There are a number of ancient sites near Helton including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
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 are great places to visit near Helton if you like ruins.
The area around Helton features a number of interesting 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.
Waterfalls to visit near Helton include 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 Helton including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Helton has some unmissable lakes nearby like 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 some of Helton best woodlands to visit near Helton.
Towns to visit near Helton include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Mountains to visit near Helton include Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Castles to visit near Helton include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Helton'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.
Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Helton.
Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Helton if you like caves.
Helton has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Helton if you like nature reserves.
Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Helton.
The area around Helton boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
There are a several good islands in the area around Helton like Piel Island.
Helton History
There are some historic monuments around Helton:
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Mayburgh henge
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Little Round Table henge
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Maiden Castle univallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn on High Raise
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Castle Crag slight univallate hillfort
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- The Countess Pillar
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Selside Pike round cairn
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Keld Chapel
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Blencow Old Hall moated tower house
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Clifton Hall tower
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Eamont Bridge
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
