Buckabank is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Buckabank postcode: CA5 7QP

Retail in Buckabank

There are great places to visit near Buckabank 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.

The area around Buckabank boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Buckabank boasts some of the best hiking areas including 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 great places to visit near Buckabank if you like villages.

There are a number of ancient sites near Buckabank including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Buckabank's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.

Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Buckabank.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Buckabank area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Buckabank's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Buckabank's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

The area around Buckabank boasts some of the best towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Buckabank's best nearby mountains can be found at Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Buckabank features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a several good historic buildings in the Buckabank area 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.

Fairy Steps is a great place to visit close to Buckabank if you like historic monuments.

There are a several good caves in the Buckabank area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Buckabank best bluebell woods to visit near Buckabank.

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

The area around Buckabank's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

Islands to visit near Buckabank include Piel Island.

Buckabank History

There are some historic monuments around Buckabank:

• Roman fort and watch tower, 800m SSW of Amberfield
• Hadrian's Wall between Grinsdale and the field boundary south of the site of St Andrew's Church, Kirkandrews on Eden in wall miles 68 and 69
• Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68
• Settlement 60m E of Ghyll Head
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Bishop's Dyke
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Settlement 500yds (460m) SE of Cardew Hill
• Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway west of Kirkandrews Farm and the dismantled railway south east of Burgh by Sands in wall miles 70 and 71
• Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Mill Beck and the field boundary east of Kirkandrews Farm in wall mile 69
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
• City wall, NE side
• Hadrian's Wall between the field boundary to the south of the site of St Andrew's Church and Eden Bank at Beaumont in wall miles 69 and 70
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68
• Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between east side of road at Burgh Head, and boundary south of Ash Tree Square, Burgh-by-Sands in wall miles 71 and 72
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• Beaumont motte castle and section of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 70 including turret 70a
• Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse