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