Great Broughton
Great Broughton is a Village in the county of Cumbria.
Great Broughton postcode: CA13 0YN
There are great places to visit near Great Broughton 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.
There are a number of hills near Great Broughton including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Hiking Areas to visit near Great Broughton include Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Great Broughton has some unmissable villages nearby like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Great Broughton's best nearby ancient sites can be found at 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 Great Broughton best ruins to visit near Great Broughton.
Great Broughton has some unmissable old mines nearby 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.
The area around Great Broughton features a number of interesting waterfalls including 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 Great Broughton including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
The area around Great Broughton boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
There are a several good woodlands in the Great Broughton area like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Great Broughton has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Great Broughton.
Castles to visit near Great Broughton 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 Great Broughton.
Great Broughton is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,
Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Great Broughton if you like caves.
Great Broughton has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area around Great Broughton's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Disused Railway Lines to visit near Great Broughton include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Great Broughton has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Places near Great Broughton feature a number of interesting islands including Piel Island.
Great Broughton History
There are some historic monuments around Great Broughton:
