Broadwath is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Broadwath postcode: CA8 9BA

Retail in Broadwath

There are great places to visit near Broadwath 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.

Hills to visit near Broadwath include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

There are a number of hiking areas near Broadwath including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of villages near Broadwath including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Ancient Sites to visit near Broadwath include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Broadwath 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.

The area around Broadwath features a number of interesting old mines including Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Broadwath'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 Broadwath include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

The area around Broadwath features a number of interesting lakes 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 Broadwath.

Towns to visit near Broadwath include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Broadwath.

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

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 some of Broadwath best historic buildings to visit near Broadwath.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Broadwath like Fairy Steps.

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

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

Broadwath is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Broadwath's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Broadwath.

Airports to visit near Broadwath include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

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

Broadwath History

There are some historic monuments around Broadwath:

• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m south east of Street House
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Park House Roman fort
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Castle Hill
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street House
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street House
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• 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
• Boothby Roman fort
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Grey Yauds stone circle
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57