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