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.

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

Talkin's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Talkin has some unmissable villages nearby like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

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

Ruins to visit near Talkin include 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.

Talkin's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

The area around Talkin boasts some of the best lakes including 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.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Talkin best towns to visit near Talkin.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Talkin if you like mountains.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are great places to visit near Talkin if you like castles.

The area around Talkin boasts some of the best historic buildings 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.

Historic Monuments to visit near Talkin include Fairy Steps.

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

The area around Talkin boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Talkin.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Talkin's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Talkin.

Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around Talkin.

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

Talkin History

There are some historic monuments around Talkin:

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