Calder Bridge
Calder Bridge is a Village in the county of Cumbria.
Calder Bridge postcode: CA20 1DE
There are great places to visit near Calder Bridge including some great hills, hiking areas, villages, towns, lakes, airports, islands, ancient sites, rivers and streams, ruins, woodlands, waterfalls, mountains, castles, historic buildings, historic monuments, caves, old mines, bluebell woods, nature reserves and disused railway lines.
Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Lad Hows are great places to visit near Calder Bridge if you like hills.
The area around Calder Bridge features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, Wild Boar Fell, and Over Staveley.
Eskdale, Coniston, Askham, Arnside, Burton-in-Kendal, Kirkby-in-Furness, and Troutbeck are some of Calder Bridge best villages to visit near Calder Bridge.
There are a several good towns in the Calder Bridge area like Sedbergh, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, Kirkby Stephen, and Cockermouth.
There are a number of lakes near Calder Bridge including Windermere, Wastwater, Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Ullswater, and Haweswater.
There are a number of airports near Calder Bridge including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Calder Bridge if you like islands.
Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, Mayburgh Henge, Gunnerkeld Stone Circle, and Castlehowe Stone Circle are some of Calder Bridge best ancient sites to visit near Calder Bridge.
The area around Calder Bridge boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, River Kent at Kentmere, and River Kent at Basingill.
Ruins to visit near Calder Bridge include Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Shap Abbey, Sedgwick Gunpowder Works, and Old Lime Kiln at Dalton.
Woodlands to visit near Calder Bridge include Broughton Moor, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, Grubbins Wood, and Brigsteer Park.
There are a number of waterfalls near Calder Bridge including Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Aira Force, Dungeon Ghyll , Pull Beck, Skelwith Force, and Ibbeth Peril.
There are a number of mountains near Calder Bridge including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Calder Bridge features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Calder Bridge has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Acorn Bank, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Askham Hall, Acorn Bank Watermill, Lowther Mausoleum, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
Historic Monuments to visit near Calder Bridge include Fairy Steps.
Caves to visit near Calder Bridge include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Calder Bridge's best nearby old mines can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Parrock Quarry, Hodge Close Quarry, Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Horse Crag Quarry, and Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level.
There are a several good bluebell woods in the Calder Bridge area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Calder Bridge like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Calder Bridge if you like disused railway lines.
Calder Bridge History
There are some historic monuments around Calder Bridge:
