Lanercost is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Lanercost postcode: CA8 2HQ

Retail in Lanercost

There are great places to visit near Lanercost 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.

Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are some of Lanercost best hills to visit near Lanercost.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Lanercost best hiking areas to visit near Lanercost.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Lanercost if you like villages.

The area around Lanercost features a number of interesting ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Lanercost.

Old Mines to visit near Lanercost 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.

Lanercost has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like 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 some of Lanercost best rivers and streams to visit near Lanercost.

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

Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are some of Lanercost best woodlands to visit near Lanercost.

The area around Lanercost features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Lanercost has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

There are a several good historic buildings in the Lanercost area 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.

Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Lanercost.

Lanercost has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

The area around Lanercost boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Places near Lanercost feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Lanercost include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area around Lanercost boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Lanercost is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Lanercost History

There are some historic monuments around Lanercost:

• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• 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
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
• 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
• Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
• Castle Hill
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Towerbrae round cairn
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Lanercost Bridge
• Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
• St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• Bastle at Upper Denton
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Boothby Roman fort
• RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• 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 shieling 800m east of Woodhead
• Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Roachburn Colliery
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• RAF Spadeadam: Greymare Hill Missile Test Area
• Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• 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
• Moated site at Upper Denton
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• 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
• Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Round cairn 610m south east of High Grains
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
• Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
• RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
• RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
• 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
• Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
• Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
• Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge