Retail in Kirkcambeck
There are great places to visit near Kirkcambeck 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 Kirkcambeck.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Kirkcambeck if you like hiking areas.
Kirkcambeck's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are great places to visit near Kirkcambeck if you like ancient sites.
There are a number of ruins near Kirkcambeck 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 Kirkcambeck 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 great places to visit near Kirkcambeck if you like waterfalls.
River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near Kirkcambeck if you like rivers and streams.
Lakes to visit near Kirkcambeck include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
The area around Kirkcambeck 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 Kirkcambeck.
There are a number of mountains near Kirkcambeck including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Castles to visit near Kirkcambeck include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
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 Kirkcambeck.
Fairy Steps is one of Kirkcambeck's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Kirkcambeck.
The area around Kirkcambeck boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Kirkcambeck's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area around Kirkcambeck's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Kirkcambeck.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Kirkcambeck best airports to visit near Kirkcambeck.
Islands to visit near Kirkcambeck include Piel Island.
Kirkcambeck History
There are some historic monuments around Kirkcambeck:
- Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
- Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
- Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
- The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
- The Hill medieval dispersed settlement and an early post-medieval settlement 400m east of Ashycroft
- Towerbrae round cairn
- Tower Tye ringwork
- Watchclose Roman temporary camp
- Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
- Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
- Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
- The Loan medieval bastle and post-medieval cottage
- Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
- Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
- Castle Hill
- Lynestead medieval pele tower, early post-medieval farmstead and an associated corn drying kiln
- Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
- Medieval shieling 800m east of Woodhead
- Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
- Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
- The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
- Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
- Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
- Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
- Round cairn 300m south west of Underwood
- Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
- Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
- Barron's Pike bowl barrow
- Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
- Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook
- Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
- Crew Castle bastle
- Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
- Boothby Roman fort
- Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
- Round cairn 610m south east of High Grains
- Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
- Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
- Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
- Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
- Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
- Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Grey Hill 930m south east of Ashycroft
- Antonstown medieval dispersed settlement 450m south east of Crew Farm
- Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
- Lanercost Bridge
- The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
- Low Grains bastle
- Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
- Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
- Shiel Knowe round cairn
- The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
- Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
- Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
- RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
- Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
- Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
- High Grains bastle and shieling 130m west of High Grains Farm
- The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
- High Grains medieval pele tower and three shielings 200m west of High Grains Farm
- The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
- Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
- Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
