Fenton is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Fenton postcode: CA8 9JZ

Retail in Fenton

There are great places to visit near Fenton 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.

Hills to visit near Fenton include 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 Fenton if you like hiking areas.

There are a number of villages near Fenton including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Fenton 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.

Fenton has some unmissable ruins nearby like 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 Fenton features a number of interesting 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.

Fenton has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Fenton 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.

There are a number of lakes near Fenton including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

There are a several good woodlands in the Fenton area like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

There are a several good towns in the Fenton area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

The area around Fenton 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.

Castles to visit near Fenton include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Don't miss Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct's historic buildings if visiting the area around Fenton.

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

The area around Fenton boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Fenton if you like bluebell woods.

Nature Reserves to visit near Fenton include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area close to Fenton boasts some of the best disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area around Fenton boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Don't miss Piel Island's islands if visiting the area around Fenton.

Fenton History

There are some historic monuments around Fenton:

• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Castle Hill
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street House
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Lanercost Bridge
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Park House Roman fort
• Grey Yauds stone circle
• Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street House
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• 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
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Boothby Roman fort
• Broomrigg D: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 760m north west of Far Shields
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• 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
• Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m south east of Street House