Bampton Grange is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Bampton Grange postcode: CA10 2QR

Retail in Bampton Grange

There are great places to visit near Bampton Grange 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 Bampton Grange including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Bampton Grange has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Bampton Grange boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Bampton Grange'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.

The area around Bampton Grange boasts some of the best ruins 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.

Old Mines to visit near Bampton Grange include 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 great places to visit near Bampton Grange if you like waterfalls.

Bampton Grange 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.

Lakes to visit near Bampton Grange include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Bampton Grange has some unmissable woodlands nearby like 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 Bampton Grange best towns to visit near Bampton Grange.

Mountains to visit near Bampton Grange 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 Bampton Grange best castles to visit near Bampton Grange.

Historic Buildings to visit near Bampton Grange include Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

The area close to Bampton Grange boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

The area around Bampton Grange boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Bampton Grange'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 Bampton Grange like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Bampton Grange is near some unmissable disused railway lines like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

There are a several good airports in the Bampton Grange area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Bampton Grange is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Bampton Grange History

There are some historic monuments around Bampton Grange:

• Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
• Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
• The Countess Pillar
• Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
• Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
• Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
• Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
• Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
• Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
• Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
• Eamont Bridge
• Shap Stone Alignment
• Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
• Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
• Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
• Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
• Selside Pike round cairn
• Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
• Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
• Clifton Hall tower
• Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
• Long barrow on Trainford Brow
• Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
• Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
• Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
• The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
• Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
• Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
• Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
• Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
• Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
• Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
• Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
• Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
• King Arthur's Round Table henge
• Askham Fell stone alignment
• Moated site of Dacre Castle
• Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
• Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
• Round cairn west of White Raise
• Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
• Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
• Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
• Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
• Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
• Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
• Round cairn on Burn Banks
• Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
• Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
• Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
• Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
• Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
• Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
• Little Round Table henge
• Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
• Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
• Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
• White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
• Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
• Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
• Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• Keld Chapel
• Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
• Buck Park deerpound
• Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
• Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
• Mayburgh henge
• Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
• Round cairn on White Raise
• Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
• Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
• Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
• Castle Crag slight univallate hillfort
• Shap large regular stone circle
• Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge