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.
Hills to visit near Whale include 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 Whale best hiking areas to visit near Whale.
There are a number of villages near Whale including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
There are a several good ancient sites in the Whale area like 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.
There are a several good old mines in the Whale area like Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Whale best waterfalls to visit near Whale.
There are a number of rivers and streams near Whale including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
There are a several good lakes in the Whale area like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Whale has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Whale's best nearby towns can be found at 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.
There are a number of castles near Whale including 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 Whale if you like historic buildings.
The area close to Whale boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
There are a number of caves near Whale including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
There are a number of bluebell woods near Whale including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Whale is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Whale if you like disused railway lines.
Airports to visit near Whale include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
The area close to Whale boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.
Whale History
There are some historic monuments around Whale:
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Selside Pike round cairn
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Clifton Hall tower
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Keld Chapel
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Buck Park deerpound
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Little Round Table henge
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Mayburgh henge
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Eamont Bridge
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Castle Crag slight univallate hillfort
- The Countess Pillar
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
