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