Bandrake Head

Bandrake Head is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Bandrake Head postcode: LA12 8HN

Retail in Bandrake Head

There are great places to visit near Bandrake Head 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 several good hills in the Bandrake Head area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Bandrake Head features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are great places to visit near Bandrake Head if you like ancient sites.

Ruins to visit near Bandrake Head include 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 some of Bandrake Head best old mines to visit near Bandrake Head.

The area around Bandrake Head boasts some of the best waterfalls including 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 some of Bandrake Head best rivers and streams to visit near Bandrake Head.

The area around Bandrake Head features a number of interesting lakes including 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 great places to visit near Bandrake Head if you like woodlands.

Bandrake Head has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Bandrake Head.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are great places to visit near Bandrake Head if you like castles.

Historic Buildings to visit near Bandrake Head 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.

Fairy Steps is one of Bandrake Head's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Bandrake Head.

Caves to visit near Bandrake Head include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Bandrake Head's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area around Bandrake Head's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Places near Bandrake Head feature a number of interesting disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

The area around Bandrake Head's best islands can be found at Piel Island.

Bandrake Head History

There are some historic monuments around Bandrake Head:

Places to see near Bandrake Head

Lakes near Bandrake Head

    Rivers near Bandrake Head