Brathay
Brathay is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.
Brathay postcode: LA22 0HP
There are great places to visit near Brathay including some great hills, hiking areas, villages, towns, lakes, airports, islands, ancient sites, rivers and streams, ruins, woodlands, waterfalls, mountains, castles, historic buildings, historic monuments, caves, old mines, bluebell woods, nature reserves and disused railway lines.
Hills to visit near Brathay include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Lad Hows.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, Wild Boar Fell, and Over Staveley are great places to visit near Brathay if you like hiking areas.
Eskdale, Coniston, Askham, Arnside, Burton-in-Kendal, Kirkby-in-Furness, and Troutbeck are some of Brathay best villages to visit near Brathay.
Sedbergh, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, Kirkby Stephen, and Cockermouth are great places to visit near Brathay if you like towns.
Windermere, Wastwater, Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Ullswater, and Haweswater are some of Brathay best lakes to visit near Brathay.
There are a several good airports in the Brathay area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is one of Brathay's best, nearby islands to visit in Brathay.
Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, Mayburgh Henge, Gunnerkeld Stone Circle, and Castlehowe Stone Circle are some of Brathay best ancient sites to visit near Brathay.
The area around Brathay boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, River Kent at Kentmere, and River Kent at Basingill.
Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Shap Abbey, Sedgwick Gunpowder Works, and Old Lime Kiln at Dalton are great places to visit near Brathay if you like ruins.
Broughton Moor, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, Grubbins Wood, and Brigsteer Park are some of Brathay best woodlands to visit near Brathay.
The area around Brathay features a number of interesting waterfalls including Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Aira Force, Dungeon Ghyll , Pull Beck, Skelwith Force, and Ibbeth Peril.
Brathay has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Brathay's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Brathay has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Acorn Bank, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Askham Hall, Acorn Bank Watermill, Lowther Mausoleum, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
Historic Monuments to visit near Brathay include Fairy Steps.
Brathay has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
The area around Brathay features a number of interesting old mines including Cathedral Quarry, Parrock Quarry, Hodge Close Quarry, Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Horse Crag Quarry, and Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level.
Bluebell Woods to visit near Brathay include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area around Brathay's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Disused Railway Lines to visit near Brathay include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Brathay History
There are some historic monuments around Brathay:
