Gilcrux is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Gilcrux

There are great places to visit near Gilcrux 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 Gilcrux.

There are a number of hiking areas near Gilcrux including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Gilcrux.

The area around Gilcrux boasts some of the best 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.

The area around Gilcrux 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.

There are a several good old mines in the Gilcrux area like Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Gilcrux'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.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Gilcrux including 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 Gilcrux including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Gilcrux boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

The area around Gilcrux boasts some of the best towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

The area around Gilcrux 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 Gilcrux include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Gilcrux 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.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Gilcrux including Fairy Steps.

Caves to visit near Gilcrux include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Bluebell Woods to visit near Gilcrux include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Gilcrux is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

There are a number of disused railway lines near to Gilcrux including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a several good airports in the Gilcrux area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Gilcrux is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Gilcrux History

There are some historic monuments around Gilcrux:

• Dubmill Point milefortlet 17, 560m WNW of Hill House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Bank Mill tower 15a, 250m north west of Belmont House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Allonby saltpan
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House
• Beckfoot Roman fort
• Large regular stone circle 240m ENE of Elva Plain
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• St Mungo's Castle
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Roman fortlet 40m SSW of Castle Fields
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Westnewton Castle
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Mawbray Sandpit tower 16b, 680m WSW of Hailforth, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Tute Hill motte
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill