Retail in Sockbridge
There are great places to visit near Sockbridge 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.
Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are great places to visit near Sockbridge if you like hills.
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 Sockbridge.
Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Sockbridge.
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 Sockbridge best ancient sites to visit near Sockbridge.
The area around Sockbridge features a number of interesting ruins including 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 Sockbridge 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.
Sockbridge'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.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Sockbridge include 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 great places to visit near Sockbridge if you like lakes.
The area around Sockbridge features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
The area around Sockbridge features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Sockbridge has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
There are a number of castles near Sockbridge including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
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 Sockbridge best historic buildings to visit near Sockbridge.
Fairy Steps is one of Sockbridge's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Sockbridge.
The area around Sockbridge features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Sockbridge best bluebell woods to visit near Sockbridge.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Sockbridge like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Disused Railway Lines to visit near Sockbridge include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Airports to visit near Sockbridge include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
The area close to Sockbridge boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.
Sockbridge History
There are some historic monuments around Sockbridge:
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Blencow Old Hall moated tower house
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Clifton Hall tower
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld Gate
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Eamont Bridge
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Mayburgh henge
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Little Round Table henge
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- The Countess Pillar
- Hutton John moated site, moated annexe, possible fishpond and enclosure
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Maiden Castle univallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
