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.

There are a several good hills in the Stainburn area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Stainburn features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Stainburn if you like villages.

There are a number of ancient sites near Stainburn including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Stainburn 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.

Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Stainburn.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Stainburn best waterfalls to visit near Stainburn.

The area around Stainburn features a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Lakes to visit near Stainburn include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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 some of Stainburn best towns to visit near Stainburn.

Stainburn has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Stainburn boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a number of historic buildings near Stainburn including Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Fairy Steps is a great place to visit close to Stainburn if you like historic monuments.

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

The area around Stainburn features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Stainburn if you like nature reserves.

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

Airports to visit near Stainburn include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

There are a number of islands near to Stainburn including Piel Island.

Stainburn History

There are some historic monuments around Stainburn:

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