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.
Helton has some unmissable hills nearby like 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.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Helton best villages to visit near Helton.
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.
The area around Helton 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.
Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are some of Helton best old mines to visit near Helton.
There are a number of waterfalls near Helton including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
The area around Helton boasts some of the best 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 Helton features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Helton's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Towns to visit near Helton include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
There are a number of mountains near Helton including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Helton's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Helton has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
The area close to Helton boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
Helton 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 Helton best bluebell woods to visit near Helton.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Helton like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Helton like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Helton's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Helton is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,
Helton History
There are some historic monuments around Helton:
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Maiden Castle univallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Keld Chapel
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Selside Pike round cairn
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Eamont Bridge
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Mayburgh henge
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Blencow Old Hall moated tower house
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Clifton Hall tower
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Little Round Table henge
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn on High Raise
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Castle Crag slight univallate hillfort
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- The Countess Pillar
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn on White Raise
