Monkhill is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Monkhill postcode: CA5 6DE

Retail in Monkhill

There are great places to visit near Monkhill 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.

The area around Monkhill features a number of interesting hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

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

The area around Monkhill features a number of interesting 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 great places to visit near Monkhill if you like ancient sites.

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 are great places to visit near Monkhill if you like ruins.

Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Monkhill.

The area around Monkhill boasts some of the best waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Monkhill.

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

There are a number of woodlands near Monkhill including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Monkhill's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

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

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are great places to visit near Monkhill if you like castles.

There are a number of historic buildings near Monkhill including 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 Monkhill if you like historic monuments.

There are a number of caves near Monkhill including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Monkhill has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Monkhill is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

Monkhill is near some unmissable disused railway lines like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

Monkhill's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

There are a number of islands near to Monkhill including Piel Island.

Monkhill History

There are some historic monuments around Monkhill:

• Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp
• Lochmaben Stone,standing stone & stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM3378
• Hadrian's Wall between the field boundary to the south of the site of St Andrew's Church and Eden Bank at Beaumont in wall miles 69 and 70
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Down Hall moated site
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
• Calvertsholm, settlement 110m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM12128
• Settlement 60m E of Ghyll Head
• Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Mill Beck and the field boundary east of Kirkandrews Farm in wall mile 69
• Settlement enclosures, 800m north west of Farhill
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
• City wall, NE side
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway west of Kirkandrews Farm and the dismantled railway south east of Burgh by Sands in wall miles 70 and 71
• Whinnyrig, enclosed settlement, droveway and field system 130m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM11995
• Bishop's Dyke
• Beaumont motte castle and section of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 70 including turret 70a
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between east side of road at Burgh Head, and boundary south of Ash Tree Square, Burgh-by-Sands in wall miles 71 and 72
• Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp
• Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire
• Settlement 500yds (460m) SE of Cardew Hill
• Rockcliffe Cross
• Redkirkmill, enclosure 50m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM12086
• Hadrian's Wall Vallum between West End, Burgh by Sands and the eastern boundary of Dykesfield
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68
• The Bracken, enclosed settlement and droveway 370m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM11994
• Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Burgh by Sands and Burgh Marsh in wall miles 72 and 73
• Hadrian's Wall between Grinsdale and the field boundary south of the site of St Andrew's Church, Kirkandrews on Eden in wall miles 68 and 69
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
• Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71
• Roman fort and watch tower, 800m SSW of Amberfield
• Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse