Burnbanks is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Burnbanks postcode: CA10 2RW

Retail in Burnbanks

There are great places to visit near Burnbanks 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 Burnbanks features a number of interesting hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Burnbanks best hiking areas to visit near Burnbanks.

There are a several good villages in the Burnbanks area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Burnbanks has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

The area around Burnbanks boasts some of the best ruins including 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.

Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are some of Burnbanks best old mines to visit near Burnbanks.

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 Burnbanks.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Burnbanks include 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 Burnbanks including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

There are a number of woodlands near Burnbanks including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

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

The area around Burnbanks features a number of interesting mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Burnbanks boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

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 great places to visit near Burnbanks if you like historic buildings.

Fairy Steps is one of Burnbanks's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Burnbanks.

There are a number of caves near Burnbanks including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

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

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Burnbanks if you like disused railway lines.

Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around Burnbanks.

Piel Island is one of Burnbanks's best, nearby islands to visit in Burnbanks.

Burnbanks History

There are some historic monuments around Burnbanks:

• Selside Pike round cairn
• Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
• Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
• Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
• Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
• Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
• Shap large regular stone circle
• Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
• Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
• Keld Chapel
• Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
• Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
• Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
• Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
• Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
• Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
• Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and Romano-British farmstead north west of Tongue House Barn.
• Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
• Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
• Round cairn on White Raise
• Castle Crag slight univallate hillfort
• Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
• Moated site of Dacre Castle
• Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
• Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
• Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
• Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
• Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
• Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
• Maiden Castle univallate prehistoric defended enclosure
• Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
• Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
• Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• Buck Park deerpound
• Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
• The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
• Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
• Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
• Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
• Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
• Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
• White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• Round cairn west of White Raise
• Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
• Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
• Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
• Round cairn on High Raise
• Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
• Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
• Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
• Askham Fell stone alignment
• Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
• Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
• Long barrow on Trainford Brow
• Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
• Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
• Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
• Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
• Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
• Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
• Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
• Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
• Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
• Round cairn on Burn Banks
• Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
• Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
• The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
• Shap Stone Alignment