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.

Hills to visit near Little Clifton include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Little Clifton's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Little Clifton best villages to visit near Little Clifton.

Ancient Sites to visit near Little Clifton include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

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

Little Clifton's best nearby old mines can be found at 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 several good waterfalls in the Little Clifton area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Little Clifton area like 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 Little Clifton best lakes to visit near Little Clifton.

Woodlands to visit near Little Clifton include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Little Clifton best towns to visit near 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.

There are a number of castles near Little Clifton including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Little Clifton'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.

Fairy Steps is a great place to visit close to Little Clifton if you like historic monuments.

Don't miss Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel's caves if visiting the area around Little Clifton.

Bluebell Woods to visit near Little Clifton include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Little Clifton's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Little Clifton.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Little Clifton if you like disused railway lines.

Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around Little Clifton.

Little Clifton is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Little Clifton History

There are some historic monuments around Little Clifton:

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