Retail in Muncaster
There are great places to visit near Muncaster 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.
Muncaster's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Muncaster best hiking areas to visit near Muncaster.
The area around Muncaster boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Muncaster's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
There are a several good ruins in the Muncaster area 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.
Muncaster'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.
The area around Muncaster 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.
Muncaster'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.
Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are great places to visit near Muncaster if you like lakes.
Muncaster has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Muncaster has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Muncaster best mountains to visit near Muncaster.
Muncaster has some unmissable castles nearby like 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 Muncaster.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Muncaster like Fairy Steps.
Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Muncaster if you like caves.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Muncaster best bluebell woods to visit near Muncaster.
Muncaster is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
Places near Muncaster feature a number of interesting disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Muncaster best airports to visit near Muncaster.
Muncaster is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,
Muncaster History
There are some historic monuments around Muncaster:
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 630m east of the confluence of Hall Beck and Devoke Water
- Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat
- Prehistoric cairnfield, field system, two funerary cairns, a Romano-British farmstead, field system and a post-medieval haematite mine at Brantrake Moss
- Green How West unenclosed prehistoric hut circle settlement 540m NNE of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground
- Cairnfield including a funerary cairn, standing stone and three stone banks south of Eller How, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfield 570m south west of Barnscar settlement
- High cross shaft, high cross head, and high cross base in St Michael and All Angels churchyard
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 660m north of Rowantree Force
- Prehistoric cairnfield immediately south of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 760m NNE of Stainton
- Ravenglass Roman fort
- Prehistoric cairnfield 660m north east of Barnscar settlement
- Roman kilns
- High cross in St Mary's churchyard
- Black Beck North prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 950m SSW of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Black Beck
- Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground
- Prehistoric enclosure containing ten clearance cairns south west of Boat How, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 740m south west of Rowantree Force
- Prehistoric round cairn on Whitfell
- High cross in St Paul's churchyard
- Prehistoric enclosure containing three hut circles and eight clearance cairns and an adjacent hut circle and cairnfield north east of Boat How, Burnmoor
- Cairnfield including a prehistoric enclosure, 5 stone circles, 10 funerary cairns, 6 stone banks, 2 stone walls, a lynchet and a trackway on Burnmoor
- Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Corney Fell, 620m south east of Lambground
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 840m north west of Redgill Head
- Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 360m south east of Raven Crag
- Prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement, field system, funerary cairn, and a medieval shieling on Birkby Fell west of Devoke Water
- Hare Gill prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement and associated field system 715m SSE of Fisher Gate
- Infell Wood medieval enclosure, 550m north west of Scargreen
- Prehistoric cairnfield 420m south east of the triangulation pillar on Rough Crag
- Yokerill Hows, group of seven cairns
- Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and a funerary cairn 520m south of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 950m north of Rowantree Force
- Drigg Holme packhorse bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system north of Pike How, 650m west of High Ground
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 800m north west and 800m north of Woodend Bridge
- Stainton Ling prehistoric hut circle settlement, associated field systems, cairnfields, funerary cairns, and a medieval field system and two shielings
- Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield 375m east of Woodend Bridge
- Three prehistoric cairnfields and an associated field system on Corney Fell, 1.2km south east of High Corney
- Prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, hut circles and a farmstead on Corney Fell, 440m north west of Buckbarow Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and enclosure 750m west of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and hut circle east of Water Crag
- Gray Borran group of cairns
- Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell
- Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of Swinside
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Waberthwaite Fell, on the north bank of Charlesground Gill, 880m south east of High Corney
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 540m south west of The Knott
- Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle Fell
- Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well
- Prehistoric cairnfield south west of Water Crag, 290m north west of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Devoke Water
- Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric long cairn on Stainton Fell, 940m north east of Rowantree Force
- High cross shaft in St John's churchyard
- Sike Moss prehistoric cairnfield and two ring cairns 215m north east of Woodend Bridge
- Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield and a funerary cairn 400m south east of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 330m south of The Knott
- Prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, hut circles, Romano-British farmstead and a medieval field system, 1.1km SE of Stainton
- Prehisitoric cairnfield 850m north west of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 350m west of The Knott
- Barnscar prehistoric cairnfield, two hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, and a Romano-British farmstead, trackway and field system
- Ravenglass Roman fort bath-house, also known as Walls Castle
- Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well
- Seaton nunnery (site of)
- Mecklin Park cairnfield, 500m north of Ain House
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system south west of Birkby Fell, 750m north east of The Knott
- Prehistoric enclosure south of The Intake, 920m south east of Stainton
- Smallstone Beck prehistoric cairnfield 410m east of Birkerthwaite
