Retail in Eamont Bridge
There are great places to visit near Eamont 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.
Eamont Bridge'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 some of Eamont Bridge best hiking areas to visit near Eamont Bridge.
Eamont Bridge's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
The area around Eamont 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.
Eamont Bridge's best nearby ruins can be found at 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 Eamont Bridge boasts some of the best 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.
Eamont 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.
Eamont Bridge has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Eamont Bridge best lakes to visit near Eamont Bridge.
Don't miss Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Eamont Bridge.
There are a several good towns in the Eamont Bridge area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Eamont Bridge's best nearby mountains can be found at Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are great places to visit near Eamont Bridge if you like castles.
Eamont Bridge has some unmissable historic buildings nearby 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.
Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Eamont Bridge.
There are a several good caves in the Eamont Bridge area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Eamont Bridge's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Nature Reserves to visit near Eamont Bridge include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Places near Eamont Bridge feature a number of interesting disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Eamont Bridge has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Places near Eamont Bridge feature a number of interesting islands including Piel Island.
Eamont Bridge History
There are some historic monuments around Eamont Bridge:
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Roman camp 200m west of Galleygill Bridge
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Little Meg round cairn
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Throstle Brow prehistoric enclosure
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld Gate
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- 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
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Little Round Table henge
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Mayburgh henge
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn including prehistoric carved stone 620m north west of Glassonby
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- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Roman camp 200m south west of Knowe Farm
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Cross in St Michael's churchyard, Addingham
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Old Penrith (Voreda) Plumpton Wall
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Clifton Hall tower
- Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle, associated cursus and prehistoric enclosure
- The Countess Pillar
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
