Roweltown is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Roweltown postcode: CA6 6LB

Retail in Roweltown

There are great places to visit near Roweltown 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 Roweltown boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Roweltown area like 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 Roweltown.

Roweltown'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.

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 Roweltown if you like ruins.

Roweltown has some unmissable old mines nearby 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.

Roweltown's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Roweltown best rivers and streams to visit near Roweltown.

Roweltown's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

Don't miss Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen's towns if visiting the area around Roweltown.

The area around Roweltown boasts some of the best mountains including 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 Roweltown best castles to visit near Roweltown.

Roweltown 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.

The area close to Roweltown boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

Don't miss Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel's caves if visiting the area around Roweltown.

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

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

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Roweltown include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Roweltown best airports to visit near Roweltown.

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

Roweltown History

There are some historic monuments around Roweltown:

• Round cairn 300m south west of Underwood
• Stonehouse Tower bastle
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Lynestead medieval pele tower, early post-medieval farmstead and an associated corn drying kiln
• Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Prehistoric enclosure, field system and cairnfield, and medieval and early post-medieval settlements and field systems 600m SSW of Blacklyne House
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• The Loan medieval bastle and post-medieval cottage
• Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• 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
• Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook
• The Currick long cairn 710m north east of Cald Well
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Lanercost Bridge
• Boothby Roman fort
• Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
• Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Shiel Knowe round cairn