Bridgefoot is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Bridgefoot postcode: CA14 1YF

Retail in Bridgefoot

There are great places to visit near Bridgefoot 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.

Bridgefoot has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Bridgefoot's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Bridgefoot best villages to visit near Bridgefoot.

Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Bridgefoot.

There are a several good ruins in the Bridgefoot area 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.

Bridgefoot has some unmissable old mines nearby 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.

The area around Bridgefoot features a number of interesting waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Bridgefoot including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

There are a number of lakes near Bridgefoot including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Don't miss Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Bridgefoot.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are great places to visit near Bridgefoot if you like towns.

There are a several good mountains in the Bridgefoot area like 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 great places to visit near Bridgefoot if you like castles.

The area around Bridgefoot boasts some of the best 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.

The area close to Bridgefoot boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

The area around Bridgefoot features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Bridgefoot if you like bluebell woods.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Bridgefoot.

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

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

There are a number of islands near to Bridgefoot including Piel Island.

Bridgefoot History

There are some historic monuments around Bridgefoot:

• Burrow Walls Roman fort
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Allonby saltpan
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott
• Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Round cairn 75m north east of summit of Carling Knott
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
• Netherhall
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Hayes Castle
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road