Stainton - South Lakeland is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Stainton - South Lakeland

There are great places to visit near Stainton - South Lakeland 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.

Stainton - South Lakeland's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Stainton - South Lakeland has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like 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 Stainton - South Lakeland if you like villages.

Ancient Sites to visit near Stainton - South Lakeland include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

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 are great places to visit near Stainton - South Lakeland if you like ruins.

There are a number of old mines near Stainton - South Lakeland 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.

Waterfalls to visit near Stainton - South Lakeland include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Stainton - South Lakeland best rivers and streams to visit near Stainton - South Lakeland.

There are a number of lakes near Stainton - South Lakeland including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Stainton - South Lakeland boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

There are a number of towns near Stainton - South Lakeland including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Stainton - South Lakeland has some unmissable mountains nearby like 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 some of Stainton - South Lakeland best castles to visit near Stainton - South Lakeland.

Historic Buildings to visit near Stainton - South Lakeland include 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 Stainton - South Lakeland's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Stainton - South Lakeland if you like caves.

Bluebell Woods to visit near Stainton - South Lakeland include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area around Stainton - South Lakeland's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Stainton - South Lakeland.

There are a number of airports near Stainton - South Lakeland including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

There are a several good islands in the area around Stainton - South Lakeland like Piel Island.

Stainton - South Lakeland History

There are some historic monuments around Stainton - South Lakeland:

• Park House Roman fort
• Roman fort and watch tower, 800m SSW of Amberfield
• Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Settlement 60m E of Ghyll Head
• Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• Beaumont motte castle and section of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 70 including turret 70a
• Settlement 500yds (460m) SE of Cardew Hill
• Hadrian's Wall between the field boundary to the south of the site of St Andrew's Church and Eden Bank at Beaumont in wall miles 69 and 70
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp
• Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway west of Kirkandrews Farm and the dismantled railway south east of Burgh by Sands in wall miles 70 and 71
• Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Mill Beck and the field boundary east of Kirkandrews Farm in wall mile 69
• Hadrian's Wall between Grinsdale and the field boundary south of the site of St Andrew's Church, Kirkandrews on Eden in wall miles 68 and 69
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
• Bishop's Dyke
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Rockcliffe Cross
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
• City wall, NE side
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between east side of road at Burgh Head, and boundary south of Ash Tree Square, Burgh-by-Sands in wall miles 71 and 72
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire
• Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse