Rockcliffe
Rockcliffe is a Village in the county of Cumbria.
There are great places to visit near Rockcliffe 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 Rockcliffe best hills to visit near Rockcliffe.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Rockcliffe best hiking areas to visit near Rockcliffe.
The area around Rockcliffe features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
The area around Rockcliffe boasts some of the best 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.
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 Rockcliffe if you like ruins.
There are a several good old mines in the Rockcliffe area like 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 Rockcliffe features a number of interesting waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Rockcliffe has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Rockcliffe has some unmissable lakes nearby like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are great places to visit near Rockcliffe if you like woodlands.
The area around Rockcliffe boasts some of the best towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
There are a several good mountains in the Rockcliffe area 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 some of Rockcliffe best castles to visit near Rockcliffe.
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 Rockcliffe best historic buildings to visit near Rockcliffe.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Rockcliffe like Fairy Steps.
There are a number of caves near Rockcliffe including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Rockcliffe has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a number of nature reserves near to Rockcliffe including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
The area around Rockcliffe's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a number of airports near Rockcliffe including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is one of Rockcliffe's best, nearby islands to visit in Rockcliffe.
Rockcliffe History
There are some historic monuments around Rockcliffe: