Retail in Little Strickland
There are great places to visit near Little Strickland 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 Strickland include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Little Strickland's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Little Strickland features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Little Strickland.
Little Strickland has some unmissable ruins nearby like 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 Strickland 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.
Don't miss Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Little Strickland.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Little Strickland include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Little Strickland.
Woodlands to visit near Little Strickland include 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 Strickland.
Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Little Strickland if you like mountains.
Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Little Strickland best castles to visit near Little Strickland.
Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are some of Little Strickland best historic buildings to visit near Little Strickland.
Places near Little Strickland feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Little Strickland if you like caves.
Little Strickland's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Little Strickland like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
The area around Little Strickland's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Little Strickland's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Don't miss Piel Island's islands if visiting the area around Little Strickland.
Little Strickland History
There are some historic monuments around Little Strickland:
- Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe
- Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race
- Small stone circle on White Hag
- Round cairn on Dale Moor
- Crake Trees tower house
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Ewe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman road
- Little Round Table henge
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Crosby Ravensworth churchyard cross
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Buck Park deerpound
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Keld Chapel
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Bowl barrow on Iron Hill
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Medieval shieling south of Cow Green
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow Green
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Bowl barrow 25m east of Ravens' Gill
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Round cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Bowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Bowl barrow 20m east of Ravens' Gill
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Cow Green long barrow
- Eamont Bridge
- Roman milestone, 180m north west of Spitals
- Ring cairn north-west of Cattle Howe
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings
- Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
- Oddendale concentric stone circle
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Mayburgh henge
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Round cairn 300m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Bowl barrow 70m south of Iron Hill
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby Gill
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Cow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shieling
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road
- The Countess Pillar
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack Moor
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Ewe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielings
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow Green
- Bowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High Haber
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Burwens Romano-British settlement and associated field system
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Clifton Hall tower
- Lyvennet bowl barrow
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielings
- Round cairn on Howenook Pike