Retail in Sleagill
There are great places to visit near Sleagill 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 Sleagill boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Sleagill best hiking areas to visit near Sleagill.
There are a several good villages in the Sleagill area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
There are a several good ancient sites in the Sleagill area like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
There are a several good ruins in the Sleagill area like 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.
Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are great places to visit near Sleagill if you like old mines.
Waterfalls to visit near Sleagill include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Sleagill.
The area around Sleagill features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Sleagill's best nearby woodlands can be found at 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 Sleagill best towns to visit near Sleagill.
Sleagill's best nearby mountains can be found at 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 great places to visit near Sleagill if you like castles.
Sleagill 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.
Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Sleagill.
Sleagill's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Bluebell Woods to visit near Sleagill include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a number of nature reserves near to Sleagill including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Sleagill.
There are a number of airports near Sleagill including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
There are a several good islands in the area around Sleagill like Piel Island.
Sleagill History
There are some historic monuments around Sleagill:
- Round cairn on Howenook Pike
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Oddendale concentric stone circle
- Keld Chapel
- Crake Trees tower house
- Lyvennet bowl barrow
- Bowl barrow 70m south of Iron Hill
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Round cairn 300m west of Lyvennet Beck
- King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow Green
- Bowl barrow 25m east of Ravens' Gill
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Ewe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielings
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Howarcles Romano-British settlement
- Roman milestone, 180m north west of Spitals
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Friar Biggins monastic grange
- Cow Green long barrow
- Bowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High Haber
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Buck Park deerpound
- Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds
- The Countess Pillar
- Burwens Romano-British settlement and associated field system
- Round cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Crosby Ravensworth churchyard cross
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar
- Ring cairn north-west of Cattle Howe
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
- Round cairn on Dale Moor
- Round cairn 460m NNE of Broadfell
- Farmstead 700yds (640m) NNW of Redlands Bank
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe
- Cow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shieling
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings
- Raise Howe cairn
- Small stone circle on White Hag
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Round cairn 690m south-east of Gaythorne Cottages
- Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Bowl barrow 20m east of Ravens' Gill
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green
- Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Bowl barrow on Iron Hill
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Bowl barrow 60m south-west of Gaythorne Hall
- Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack Moor
- Hollin Stump round cairn
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Bowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Kirkby Thore Roman Fort and Associated Vicus
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Roman camp, 350m east of Redlands Bank
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielings
- Round cairn 600m south-east of Gaythorne Cottages
- Romano-British settlement and Romano-British farmstead north-east and east of Gilts
- Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe
- Three bowl barrows east of Ravens' Gill
- Ravens Gill Romano-British farmstead
- Medieval shieling south of Cow Green
- Gamelands embanked stone circle
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow Green
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Ewe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman road
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby Gill
