Retail in Bewcastle
There are great places to visit near Bewcastle 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 some of Bewcastle best hills to visit near Bewcastle.
Bewcastle 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 Bewcastle boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Bewcastle'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.
Bewcastle 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 Bewcastle 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.
There are a number of waterfalls near Bewcastle including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Bewcastle 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.
The area around Bewcastle features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
There are a number of woodlands near Bewcastle 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 Bewcastle best towns to visit near Bewcastle.
There are a several good mountains in the Bewcastle area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Bewcastle features a number of interesting castles 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 Bewcastle if you like historic buildings.
The area close to Bewcastle boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
There are a several good caves in the Bewcastle area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
The area around Bewcastle features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area close to Bewcastle boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
The area around Bewcastle's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Bewcastle best airports to visit near Bewcastle.
Piel Island is one of Bewcastle's best, nearby islands to visit in Bewcastle.
Bewcastle History
There are some historic monuments around Bewcastle:
- Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
- Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
- Prehistoric enclosure, field system and cairnfield, and medieval and early post-medieval settlements and field systems 600m SSW of Blacklyne House
- RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
- Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
- Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
- RAF Spadeadam: Greymare Hill Missile Test Area
- Barron's Pike bowl barrow
- Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
- The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
- Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
- Four medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare Grain
- Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
- Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
- Crew Castle bastle
- Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
- Horse Head medieval shieling on Greyfell Common 50m west of confluence of Gosling Sike and Horsehead Grain
- Unfinished high cross shaft on Long Bar 580m north east of Todcrag Loch
- Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
- The westernmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
- Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
- Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
- High Grains bastle and shieling 130m west of High Grains Farm
- Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
- Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
- Moated site at Upper Denton
- Shieling on Foulbog Rigg; one of a group of seven
- Two shielings on Foulbog Rigg; part of a group of seven
- Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 130m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
- Medieval shieling on Greyfell Common 310m north west of Stantling Loan
- The Currick long cairn 710m north east of Cald Well
- Two medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne 230m north east of confluence with little Hare Grain
- Low Grains bastle
- The Hill medieval dispersed settlement and an early post-medieval settlement 400m east of Ashycroft
- High Grains medieval pele tower and three shielings 200m west of High Grains Farm
- Round cairn 610m south east of High Grains
- Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
- Ten medieval shielings on north bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare Grain
- White Lyne round cairn 60m NNW of confluence of Gate Grain and White Lyne
- Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
- Willowford Roman temporary camp
- Two medieval shielings 30m north west of Stantling Loan on Greyfell Common
- Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 410m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
- Shiel Knowe round cairn
- Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
- St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
- RAF Spadeadam: Blue Streak Underground Launcher Facility
- Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
- Round cairn 300m south west of Underwood
- Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 230m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
- The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Grey Hill 930m south east of Ashycroft
- Shieling on Foulbog Rigg; the easternmost of a group of seven
- Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
- Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
- Shieling 210m north of Irthing Head
- Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
- Towerbrae round cairn
- Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
- Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
- The Loan medieval bastle and post-medieval cottage
- RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
- Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
- Lynestead medieval pele tower, early post-medieval farmstead and an associated corn drying kiln
- Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
- Medieval shieling 800m east of Woodhead
- Three shielings on Foulbog Rigg; the westernmost of a group of seven
- Stantling Loan medieval shieling
- Antonstown medieval dispersed settlement 450m south east of Crew Farm
- RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
- Hazel Gill shieling
- Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
- Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
- Bastle at Upper Denton
