Barepot is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Barepot postcode: CA14 1JP

Retail in Barepot

There are great places to visit near Barepot 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 Barepot if you like hills.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Barepot if you like hiking areas.

Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Barepot.

The area around Barepot 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.

Barepot has some unmissable ruins nearby 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.

Old Mines to visit near Barepot 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.

Barepot's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Barepot include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Barepot best lakes to visit near Barepot.

There are a number of woodlands near Barepot 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 Barepot best towns to visit near Barepot.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Barepot best mountains to visit near Barepot.

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

The area around Barepot features a number of interesting historic buildings 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.

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

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

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

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Barepot's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Barepot.

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

Barepot's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

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

Barepot History

There are some historic monuments around Barepot:

• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Netherhall
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Burrow Walls Roman fort
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Old quay and old quay lighthouse
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Hayes Castle
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Allonby saltpan
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
• Parton Roman fort
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill