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