Retail in Clifton Dykes
There are great places to visit near Clifton Dykes 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.
Clifton Dykes's best nearby hills can be found at 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 great places to visit near Clifton Dykes if you like hiking areas.
Clifton Dykes has some unmissable villages nearby like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Clifton Dykes 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.
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 are some of Clifton Dykes best ruins to visit near Clifton Dykes.
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 Clifton Dykes best old mines to visit near Clifton Dykes.
Clifton Dykes has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
The area around Clifton Dykes features a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
There are a several good lakes in the Clifton Dykes area like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Clifton Dykes has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Towns to visit near Clifton Dykes include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
The area around Clifton Dykes 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 Clifton Dykes boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
There are a number of historic buildings near Clifton Dykes 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.
The area around Clifton Dykes's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.
Don't miss Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel's caves if visiting the area around Clifton Dykes.
Clifton Dykes's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Places near Clifton Dykes feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Places near Clifton Dykes feature a number of interesting disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a several good airports in the Clifton Dykes area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is one of Clifton Dykes's best, nearby islands to visit in Clifton Dykes.
Clifton Dykes History
There are some historic monuments around Clifton Dykes:
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld Gate
- Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle, associated cursus and prehistoric enclosure
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Little Round Table henge
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Little Meg round cairn
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Eamont Bridge
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Throstle Brow prehistoric enclosure
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- The Countess Pillar
- Clifton Hall tower
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Mayburgh henge
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
