Retail in Whale
There are great places to visit near Whale 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.
Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are some of Whale best hills to visit near Whale.
The area around Whale features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Whale's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Whale's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
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 are some of Whale best ruins to visit near Whale.
Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are great places to visit near Whale if you like old mines.
Waterfalls to visit near Whale include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near Whale if you like rivers and streams.
Whale has some unmissable lakes nearby like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
The area around Whale features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
There are a number of towns near Whale including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
There are a number of mountains near Whale including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Whale features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Whale has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like 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 Whale feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
The area around Whale boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
There are a several good bluebell woods in the Whale area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Whale.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Whale if you like disused railway lines.
The area around Whale 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 Whale if you like islands.
Whale History
There are some historic monuments around Whale:
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Buck Park deerpound
- Mayburgh henge
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- The Countess Pillar
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Clifton Hall tower
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Keld Chapel
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Eamont Bridge
- Little Round Table henge
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Castle Crag slight univallate hillfort
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Selside Pike round cairn
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
