Talkin is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Talkin postcode: CA8 1LF

Retail in Talkin

There are great places to visit near Talkin 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.

Hills to visit near Talkin include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Talkin boasts some of the best 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 Talkin if you like villages.

Talkin 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.

Talkin's best nearby ruins can be found at 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 Talkin 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.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are great places to visit near Talkin if you like waterfalls.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Talkin including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

There are a several good lakes in the Talkin area like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Talkin features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

The area around Talkin features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a number of mountains near Talkin including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Talkin features a number of interesting castles including 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 Talkin.

The area close to Talkin boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

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

Talkin has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area around Talkin's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

There are a number of airports near Talkin including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Don't miss Piel Island's islands if visiting the area around Talkin.

Talkin History

There are some historic monuments around Talkin:

• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street House
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Broomrigg D: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 760m north west of Far Shields
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
• Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Castle Hill
• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Lanercost Bridge
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Boothby Roman fort
• Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m south east of Street House
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Grey Yauds stone circle