Brampton is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Brampton

There are great places to visit near Brampton 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.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks's hills if visiting the area around Brampton.

The area around Brampton boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

The area around Brampton boasts some of the best 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.

Ruins to visit near Brampton 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.

There are a several good old mines in the Brampton area like Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Don't miss Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Brampton.

The area around Brampton features a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

The area around Brampton features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

There are a several good woodlands in the Brampton area like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Brampton's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a number of mountains near Brampton including 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 Brampton best castles to visit near Brampton.

Brampton has some unmissable historic buildings nearby 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.

The area around Brampton's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Brampton best caves to visit near Brampton.

The area around Brampton boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

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

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Brampton.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Brampton if you like airports.

There are a several good islands in the area around Brampton like Piel Island.

Brampton History

There are some historic monuments around Brampton:

• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Boothby Roman fort
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• Lanercost Bridge
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Castle Hill
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• 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
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
• 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