Seaton is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Seaton

There are great places to visit near Seaton 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 several good hills in the Seaton area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Hiking Areas to visit near Seaton include Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Seaton boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

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 Seaton best ancient sites to visit near Seaton.

Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Seaton.

Old Mines to visit near Seaton 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.

Seaton'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.

Seaton 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.

The area around Seaton boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Woodlands to visit near Seaton include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Seaton best towns to visit near Seaton.

Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Seaton.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are great places to visit near Seaton if you like castles.

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 Seaton best historic buildings to visit near Seaton.

Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Seaton.

Seaton's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the Seaton area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Nature Reserves to visit near Seaton include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Seaton is near some unmissable disused railway lines like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around Seaton.

Seaton is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Seaton History

There are some historic monuments around Seaton:

• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
• Netherhall
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Parton Roman fort
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Burrow Walls Roman fort
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Allonby saltpan
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Hayes Castle