Faugh is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Faugh postcode: CA8 9EN

Retail in Faugh

There are great places to visit near Faugh 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 Faugh boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Faugh's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

Faugh 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 Faugh best ruins to visit near Faugh.

Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Faugh.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Faugh area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Faugh'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.

Faugh's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

Towns to visit near Faugh include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

The area around Faugh boasts some of the best mountains including 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 Faugh if you like castles.

The area around Faugh 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.

The area close to Faugh boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Faugh if you like caves.

The area around Faugh features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Faugh's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Faugh.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Faugh if you like disused railway lines.

Airports to visit near Faugh include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area close to Faugh boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Faugh History

There are some historic monuments around Faugh:

• Broomrigg D: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 760m north west of Far Shields
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street House
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• 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
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Lanercost Bridge
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Boothby Roman fort
• Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street House
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Grey Yauds stone circle
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m south east of Street House
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Castle Hill
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street House