Tallentire is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Tallentire postcode: CA13 0PH

Retail in Tallentire

There are great places to visit near Tallentire 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 number of hills near Tallentire including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Tallentire boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Tallentire features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Tallentire 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.

The area around Tallentire boasts some of the best 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.

Old Mines to visit near Tallentire include 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 Tallentire 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.

Tallentire has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Tallentire has some unmissable lakes nearby like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

There are a several good woodlands in the Tallentire area like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

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

The area around Tallentire features a number of interesting mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Tallentire.

The area around Tallentire 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.

Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Tallentire.

Caves to visit near Tallentire include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a number of bluebell woods near Tallentire including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

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

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Tallentire if you like disused railway lines.

The area around Tallentire boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Tallentire if you like islands.

Tallentire History

There are some historic monuments around Tallentire:

• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Tute Hill motte
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Dubmill Point milefortlet 17, 560m WNW of Hill House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Westnewton Castle
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Allonby saltpan
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Mawbray Sandpit tower 16b, 680m WSW of Hailforth, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast