Retail in Helton
There are great places to visit near Helton 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 Helton boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Helton has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
There are a several good villages in the Helton area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Helton'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.
Helton'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.
Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Helton.
Waterfalls to visit near Helton include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Helton 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.
Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Helton.
There are a several good woodlands in the Helton area like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Towns to visit near Helton include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
The area around Helton 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.
There are a several good castles in the Helton area like 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 Helton.
There are a number of historic monuments near to Helton including Fairy Steps.
Caves to visit near Helton include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Bluebell Woods to visit near Helton include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Helton like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Helton like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a several good airports in the Helton area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
The area around Helton's best islands can be found at Piel Island.
Helton History
There are some historic monuments around Helton:
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Mayburgh henge
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Castle Crag slight univallate hillfort
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Round cairn on High Raise
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- The Countess Pillar
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Maiden Castle univallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Selside Pike round cairn
- Clifton Hall tower
- Blencow Old Hall moated tower house
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Keld Chapel
- Little Round Table henge
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Eamont Bridge
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common