Retail in Duddon Bridge
There are great places to visit near Duddon Bridge 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.
There are a number of hills near Duddon Bridge 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 Duddon Bridge best hiking areas to visit near Duddon Bridge.
There are a several good villages in the Duddon Bridge area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
The area around Duddon Bridge features a number of interesting ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Duddon Bridge.
Duddon Bridge's best nearby old mines can be found at Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
Duddon Bridge's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Duddon Bridge'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.
The area around Duddon Bridge boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
The area around Duddon Bridge features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Don't miss Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen's towns if visiting the area around Duddon Bridge.
There are a number of mountains near Duddon Bridge including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Duddon Bridge 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 Duddon Bridge 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.
There are a number of historic monuments near to Duddon Bridge including Fairy Steps.
Duddon Bridge has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Bluebell Woods to visit near Duddon Bridge include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Duddon Bridge's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Duddon Bridge.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Duddon Bridge's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Duddon Bridge.
Duddon Bridge's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Islands to visit near Duddon Bridge include Piel Island.
Duddon Bridge History
There are some historic monuments around Duddon Bridge:
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 660m north of Rowantree Force
- Black Beck North prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 950m SSW of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Black Beck
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 360m south east of Raven Crag
- Barnscar prehistoric cairnfield, two hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, and a Romano-British farmstead, trackway and field system
- Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle Fell
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system south west of Birkby Fell, 750m north east of The Knott
- Hare Gill prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement and associated field system 715m SSE of Fisher Gate
- Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate
- Crosby Gill prehistoric cairnfield and field system and a dispersed medieval settlement and associated lynchets 450m west of Crosbythwaite
- Prehistoric hut circle settlement and cairnfield, three medieval settlements and associated field systems, and two shielings north of Crosbythwaite
- Lacra Old Kirk medieval dispersed settlement and associated lynchets 800m and 830m NNE of Bankfield House
- Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 630m east of the confluence of Hall Beck and Devoke Water
- Prehisitoric cairnfield 850m north west of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and a funerary cairn 520m south of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 950m north of Rowantree Force
- Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 600m ENE of Woodend Bridge
- Millom Castle (ruined portions)
- Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse
- Prehistoric hut circle settlements, enclosure, cairnfields, funerary cairns, a dispersed medieval settlement, field system and kilns on Heathwaite Fell
- Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell
- Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn, a linear boundary, and a dispersed medieval settlement and field system 840m west of Horseman Gate
- Settlement on The Hawk
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 760m NNE of Stainton
- Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell
- Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield immediately south of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield, field system, two funerary cairns, a Romano-British farmstead, field system and a post-medieval haematite mine at Brantrake Moss
- Stainton Ling prehistoric hut circle settlement, associated field systems, cairnfields, funerary cairns, and a medieval field system and two shielings
- Prehistoric long cairn on Stainton Fell, 940m north east of Rowantree Force
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 350m west of The Knott
- Stone circle and funerary cairn 440m south west of Great Knott, Lacra
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 840m north west of Redgill Head
- Conscientious Objectors’ Stone, 140m south east of Green Moor farmhouse
- Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield and a funerary cairn 400m south east of Woodend Bridge
- Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield, funerary cairn and a linear boundary 1000m ENE of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 800m north west and 800m north of Woodend Bridge
- Green How West unenclosed prehistoric hut circle settlement 540m NNE of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and hut circle east of Water Crag
- Giant's Grave standing stones, Kirksanton
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 740m south west of Rowantree Force
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 540m south west of The Knott
- Cairn and ring mound on Long Moor, W of Gill House Beck
- Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of Swinside
- Devil's Bridge SW of Horrace
- Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground
- Stone circle west of Great Knott, Lacra
- Stone circle 410m SSW of Great Knott, Lacra
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 330m south of The Knott
- Prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement, field system, funerary cairn, and a medieval shieling on Birkby Fell west of Devoke Water
- Prehistoric cairnfield 840m east of Birkerthwaite
- Castle Hill
- Prehistoric cairnfield 420m south east of the triangulation pillar on Rough Crag
- Prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, hut circles, Romano-British farmstead and a medieval field system, 1.1km SE of Stainton
- Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Hesk Fell 800m north of Holehouse Bridge
- Great Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 710m south east of Birkerthwaite
- Sike Moss prehistoric cairnfield and two ring cairns 215m north east of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well
- Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well
- Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system north of Pike How, 650m west of High Ground
- Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield 375m east of Woodend Bridge
- Hodbarrow Beacon
- Smallstone Beck prehistoric cairnfield 410m east of Birkerthwaite
- Two stone circles, a stone avenue and a stone alignment at Great Knott, Lacra
- Prehistoric cairnfield 660m north east of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric round cairn on Whitfell
- Prehistoric cairnfield south west of Water Crag, 290m north west of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Devoke Water
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 730m ENE of Birkerthwaite
