Gilgarran
Gilgarran is a Village in the county of Cumbria.
Gilgarran postcode: CA14 4RE
There are great places to visit near Gilgarran 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.
Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are great places to visit near Gilgarran if you like hills.
There are a several good hiking areas in the Gilgarran area like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
There are a number of villages near Gilgarran including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Gilgarran 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.
Gilgarran'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.
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 great places to visit near Gilgarran if you like old mines.
Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are great places to visit near Gilgarran if you like waterfalls.
The area around Gilgarran boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
The area around Gilgarran features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
There are a number of woodlands near Gilgarran including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Gilgarran has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
The area around Gilgarran 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 Gilgarran if you like castles.
Gilgarran's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
Historic Monuments to visit near Gilgarran include Fairy Steps.
Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Gilgarran if you like caves.
The area around Gilgarran features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area around Gilgarran's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a number of disused railway lines near to Gilgarran including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Gilgarran best airports to visit near Gilgarran.
Islands to visit near Gilgarran include Piel Island.
Gilgarran History
There are some historic monuments around Gilgarran:
