Little Clifton is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Little Clifton

There are great places to visit near Little Clifton 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 Little Clifton best hills to visit near Little Clifton.

There are a number of hiking areas near Little Clifton including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Little Clifton boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Little Clifton area 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 Little Clifton 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.

There are a number of old mines near Little Clifton 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 Little Clifton including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Little Clifton including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

The area around Little Clifton features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Little Clifton's best nearby woodlands can be found at 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 Little Clifton.

Mountains to visit near Little Clifton include Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Little Clifton 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 Little Clifton 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.

The area close to Little Clifton boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

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

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

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Little Clifton.

The area around Little Clifton's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area around Little Clifton features a number of interesting airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Piel Island is one of Little Clifton's best, nearby islands to visit in Little Clifton.

Little Clifton History

There are some historic monuments around Little Clifton:

• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Round cairn 75m north east of summit of Carling Knott
• Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Hayes Castle
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott
• Netherhall
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Burrow Walls Roman fort
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard