Whitrigg
Whitrigg is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.
Whitrigg postcode: CA7 5AA
There are great places to visit near Whitrigg 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 great places to visit near Whitrigg if you like hills.
Whitrigg has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Whitrigg best villages to visit near Whitrigg.
Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are some of Whitrigg best ancient sites to visit near Whitrigg.
There are a number of ruins near Whitrigg including 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.
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 Whitrigg if you like old mines.
Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are great places to visit near Whitrigg if you like waterfalls.
River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Whitrigg best rivers and streams to visit near Whitrigg.
There are a number of lakes near Whitrigg including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
There are a number of woodlands near Whitrigg including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Whitrigg best towns to visit near Whitrigg.
Whitrigg has some unmissable mountains nearby like 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 Whitrigg best castles to visit near Whitrigg.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Whitrigg area 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.
Fairy Steps is a great place to visit close to Whitrigg if you like historic monuments.
The area around Whitrigg boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Whitrigg has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Whitrigg is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Whitrigg.
There are a several good airports in the Whitrigg area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Don't miss Piel Island's islands if visiting the area around Whitrigg.
Whitrigg History
There are some historic monuments around Whitrigg:
