Burnrigg is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Burnrigg postcode: CA8 9BH

Retail in Burnrigg

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

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

The area around Burnrigg features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

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

Burnrigg 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 Burnrigg 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.

Waterfalls to visit near Burnrigg include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Burnrigg'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.

Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Burnrigg.

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

There are a number of towns near Burnrigg including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Mountains to visit near Burnrigg include Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a several good castles in the Burnrigg area like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

The area around Burnrigg 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.

Places near Burnrigg feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

The area around Burnrigg boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the Burnrigg area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area close to Burnrigg boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

Burnrigg has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

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

Burnrigg History

There are some historic monuments around Burnrigg:

• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Castle Hill
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• 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
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• 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
• Park House Roman fort
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church