Kirkhouse is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Kirkhouse postcode: CA8 1JP

Retail in Kirkhouse

There are great places to visit near Kirkhouse 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.

There are a number of hills near Kirkhouse including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Kirkhouse has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Kirkhouse.

There are a number of ancient sites near Kirkhouse 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 some of Kirkhouse best ruins to visit near Kirkhouse.

Old Mines to visit near Kirkhouse 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.

The area around Kirkhouse features a number of interesting waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

The area around Kirkhouse 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.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Kirkhouse best lakes to visit near Kirkhouse.

The area around Kirkhouse features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Kirkhouse's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Kirkhouse's best nearby mountains can be found at Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Kirkhouse boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Kirkhouse'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.

Kirkhouse is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,

Kirkhouse 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 Kirkhouse if you like bluebell woods.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Kirkhouse if you like nature reserves.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Kirkhouse's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Kirkhouse.

There are a number of airports near Kirkhouse including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Islands to visit near Kirkhouse include Piel Island.

Kirkhouse History

There are some historic monuments around Kirkhouse:

• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Moated site at Upper Denton
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
• Tower Tye ringwork
• 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
• Bastle at Upper Denton
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm
• Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• Roachburn Colliery
• The westernmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
• RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Throp Roman fortlet
• Castle Hill
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• Lanercost Bridge
• St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton 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
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
• The easternmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Willowford Roman temporary camp
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Boothby Roman fort
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall