Stainburn is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Stainburn postcode: CA14 1XL

Retail in Stainburn

There are great places to visit near Stainburn 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 Stainburn features a number of interesting 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 great places to visit near Stainburn if you like hiking areas.

There are a several good villages in the Stainburn area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

The area around Stainburn boasts some of the best ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

The area around Stainburn 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.

The area around Stainburn boasts some of the best 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.

The area around Stainburn features a number of interesting waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Stainburn including 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 Stainburn if you like lakes.

There are a several good woodlands in the Stainburn area like 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 great places to visit near Stainburn if you like towns.

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

Stainburn's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

The area around Stainburn's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.

Don't miss Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel's caves if visiting the area around Stainburn.

Stainburn's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Stainburn is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

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

There are a several good airports in the Stainburn area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

There are a several good islands in the area around Stainburn like Piel Island.

Stainburn History

There are some historic monuments around Stainburn:

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