Retail in Upper Denton
There are great places to visit near Upper Denton 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 Upper Denton include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
The area around Upper Denton boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
There are a several good villages in the Upper Denton area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Upper Denton 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.
Upper Denton'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.
There are a number of old mines near Upper Denton 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.
The area around Upper Denton boasts some of the best waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Upper Denton 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.
Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Upper Denton best lakes to visit near Upper Denton.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are some of Upper Denton best woodlands to visit near Upper Denton.
There are a several good towns in the Upper Denton area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
The area around Upper Denton boasts some of the best mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Castles to visit near Upper Denton include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are great places to visit near Upper Denton if you like historic buildings.
Historic Monuments to visit near Upper Denton include Fairy Steps.
Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Upper Denton best caves to visit near Upper Denton.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Upper Denton if you like bluebell woods.
The area close to Upper Denton boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Upper Denton like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around Upper Denton.
Places near Upper Denton feature a number of interesting islands including Piel Island.
Upper Denton History
There are some historic monuments around Upper Denton:
- Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
- 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
- Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp
- Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
- Standing stone on Standingstone Rigg
- Tower Tye ringwork
- The easternmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
- Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
- RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
- Shieling 150m south of Tinkler Crags
- Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
- 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
- Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
- Throp Roman fortlet
- Low Grains bastle
- High Grains medieval pele tower and three shielings 200m west of High Grains Farm
- Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
- Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
- Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
- Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
- Round cairn 610m south east of High Grains
- Crooks Roman temporary camp
- 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm
- Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
- Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
- 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
- Blenkinsopp Castle (uninhabited parts)
- Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
- Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
- Moated site at Upper Denton
- Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
- Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
- Lanercost Bridge
- Bastle at Upper Denton
- Towerbrae round cairn
- Group of shielings, 100m north of Tinkler Crags
- Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
- Roachburn Colliery
- St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
- Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46
- Hadrian's Wall between Walltown Quarry East and Walltown Quarry West in wall mile 45
- Medieval shieling 800m east of Woodhead
- RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
- RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Grey Hill 930m south east of Ashycroft
- Hazel Gill shieling
- Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell
- Shieling, 110m south of Bull Crag
- Shieling north of Jerrycalf Rigg
- High Grains bastle and shieling 130m west of High Grains Farm
- Shielings and later farmstead on Cock Law, 600m north west of Horseholme
- Thirlwall Castle
- The westernmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
- Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
- The section of Stanegate Roman road from Fell End Roman temporary camp to the track to Old Shield, and the Roman cemetery adjacent to Carvoran Roman fort
- Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
- Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
- Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47
- RAF Spadeadam: Greymare Hill Missile Test Area
- Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
- Barron's Pike bowl barrow
- Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
- The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
- Willowford Roman temporary camp
- RAF Spadeadam: Blue Streak Underground Launcher Facility
- Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
- Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
- Two shielings below Crying Crag
- Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
- The Curricks camp
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Carvoran Roman fort and the west side of the B6318 road in wall mile 46
