Retail in Tirril
There are great places to visit near Tirril 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.
Tirril's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Tirril best hiking areas to visit near Tirril.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Tirril best villages to visit near Tirril.
Tirril 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.
Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Tirril.
There are a number of old mines near Tirril 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.
There are a several good waterfalls in the Tirril area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Tirril include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Tirril best lakes to visit near Tirril.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are great places to visit near Tirril if you like woodlands.
Don't miss Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen's towns if visiting the area around Tirril.
There are a several good mountains in the Tirril area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Tirril boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
The area around Tirril 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.
Places near Tirril feature a number of interesting 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 Tirril.
Bluebell Woods to visit near Tirril include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Tirril if you like nature reserves.
The area close to Tirril boasts some of the best disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Tirril's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Tirril if you like islands.
Tirril History
There are some historic monuments around Tirril:
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Little Round Table henge
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Maiden Castle univallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Blencow Old Hall moated tower house
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Eamont Bridge
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
- Throstle Brow prehistoric enclosure
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Clifton Hall tower
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Hutton John moated site, moated annexe, possible fishpond and enclosure
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- The Countess Pillar
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld Gate
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Mayburgh henge
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell