Portinscale
Portinscale is a Village in the county of Cumbria.
Portinscale postcode: CA12 5RJ
There are great places to visit near Portinscale 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 Portinscale include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Hiking Areas to visit near Portinscale include Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Villages to visit near Portinscale include Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
There are a several good ancient sites in the Portinscale area like 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 Portinscale 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.
Old Mines to visit near Portinscale include 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 Portinscale.
The area around Portinscale features a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Portinscale has some unmissable lakes nearby like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Portinscale's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Portinscale has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
There are a several good mountains in the Portinscale area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Castles to visit near Portinscale include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
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 Portinscale best historic buildings to visit near Portinscale.
Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Portinscale.
Don't miss Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel's caves if visiting the area around Portinscale.
The area around Portinscale features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Portinscale's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Portinscale.
Places near Portinscale feature a number of interesting disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around Portinscale.
There are a several good islands in the area around Portinscale like Piel Island.
Portinscale History
There are some historic monuments around Portinscale:
