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.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks's hills if visiting the area around Faugh.

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.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Faugh best villages to visit near Faugh.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Faugh area like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

The area around Faugh features a number of interesting ruins including 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.

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 Faugh best old mines to visit near Faugh.

Faugh'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.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near Faugh if you like rivers and streams.

Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Faugh.

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

Faugh's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Mountains to visit near Faugh include Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Faugh.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Faugh 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.

Faugh is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,

There are a several good caves in the Faugh area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Faugh's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Places near Faugh feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Faugh like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area around Faugh features a number of interesting airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Islands to visit near Faugh include Piel Island.

Faugh History

There are some historic monuments around Faugh:

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