Sandysike is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Sandysike postcode: CA6 5SS

Retail in Sandysike

There are great places to visit near Sandysike 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.

There are a number of hills near Sandysike including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Sandysike features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Sandysike if you like villages.

Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are some of Sandysike best ancient sites to visit near Sandysike.

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 Sandysike if you like ruins.

The area around Sandysike 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.

Sandysike has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Sandysike'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.

Lakes to visit near Sandysike include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

Sandysike's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Mountains to visit near Sandysike include Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a several good castles in the Sandysike area like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Historic Buildings to visit near Sandysike include 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 one of Sandysike's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Sandysike.

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

The area around Sandysike features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Sandysike.

The area around Sandysike's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Airports to visit near Sandysike include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area close to Sandysike boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Sandysike History

There are some historic monuments around Sandysike:

• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68
• Scots' Dike
• Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• Park House,cairn 730m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4407
• Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• City wall, NE side
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway west of Kirkandrews Farm and the dismantled railway south east of Burgh by Sands in wall miles 70 and 71
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Hadrian's Wall between the field boundary to the south of the site of St Andrew's Church and Eden Bank at Beaumont in wall miles 69 and 70
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68
• Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
• Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton
• Hadrian's Wall between Grinsdale and the field boundary south of the site of St Andrew's Church, Kirkandrews on Eden in wall miles 68 and 69
• Liddel Strength motte and bailey castle and fortified tower house
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Mill Beck and the field boundary east of Kirkandrews Farm in wall mile 69
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp
• Rockcliffe Cross
• Beaumont motte castle and section of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 70 including turret 70a
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Woodslee,burial mound 250m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM4722
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse
• Scots' Dike, boundary earthwork, Scotsdike Plantation Secular: linear earthwork, dyke SM660