Roadhead is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Roadhead postcode: CA6 6NP

Retail in Roadhead

There are great places to visit near Roadhead 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 some of Roadhead best hills to visit near Roadhead.

The area around Roadhead boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Roadhead.

The area around Roadhead features a number of interesting ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Roadhead's best nearby ruins can be found at 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 Roadhead 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.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Roadhead best waterfalls to visit near Roadhead.

The area around Roadhead boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

There are a number of lakes near Roadhead including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Roadhead boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Roadhead has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

The area around Roadhead features a number of interesting mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Roadhead's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Roadhead has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like 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 Roadhead if you like historic monuments.

The area around Roadhead features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a number of bluebell woods near Roadhead including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Roadhead's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Roadhead.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Roadhead if you like disused railway lines.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Roadhead if you like airports.

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

Roadhead History

There are some historic monuments around Roadhead:

• Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Ten medieval shielings on north bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare Grain
• Shiel Knowe round cairn
• Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 230m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
• Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
• Crew Castle bastle
• The Loan medieval bastle and post-medieval cottage
• Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
• Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
• Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 410m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
• Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Carby Hill,settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM1690
• Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
• The Hill medieval dispersed settlement and an early post-medieval settlement 400m east of Ashycroft
• Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 130m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
• Low Grains bastle
• Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
• Prehistoric enclosure, field system and cairnfield, and medieval and early post-medieval settlements and field systems 600m SSW of Blacklyne House
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Grey Hill 930m south east of Ashycroft
• Two medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne 230m north east of confluence with little Hare Grain
• The Currick long cairn 710m north east of Cald Well
• Lynestead medieval pele tower, early post-medieval farmstead and an associated corn drying kiln
• Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
• Round cairn 300m south west of Underwood
• Stonehouse Tower bastle
• Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
• Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook
• Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
• Four medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare Grain
• Antonstown medieval dispersed settlement 450m south east of Crew Farm
• Towerbrae round cairn