Retail in Hackthorpe
There are great places to visit near Hackthorpe 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.
The area around Hackthorpe boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Hackthorpe's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Villages to visit near Hackthorpe include Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Hackthorpe.
The area around Hackthorpe boasts some of the best 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.
The area around Hackthorpe boasts some of the best 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.
The area around Hackthorpe boasts some of the best waterfalls including 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 some of Hackthorpe best rivers and streams to visit near Hackthorpe.
The area around Hackthorpe features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Hackthorpe's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
There are a several good towns in the Hackthorpe area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Hackthorpe has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Hackthorpe features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Hackthorpe 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.
Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Hackthorpe.
There are a number of caves near Hackthorpe including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
The area around Hackthorpe features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Hackthorpe's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Hackthorpe.
Hackthorpe is near some unmissable disused railway lines like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
The area around Hackthorpe features a number of interesting airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Hackthorpe if you like islands.
Hackthorpe History
There are some historic monuments around Hackthorpe:
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Eamont Bridge
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Round cairn on Dale Moor
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Keld Chapel
- Oddendale concentric stone circle
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Clifton Hall tower
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Mayburgh henge
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack Moor
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Little Round Table henge
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Bowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High Haber
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Bowl barrow 70m south of Iron Hill
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Bowl barrow on Iron Hill
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- The Countess Pillar
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
