Isel
Isel is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.
Isel postcode: CA13 0QG
There are great places to visit near Isel including some great hills, hiking areas, villages, towns, lakes, airports, islands, ancient sites, rivers and streams, ruins, woodlands, waterfalls, mountains, castles, historic buildings, historic monuments, caves, old mines, bluebell woods, nature reserves and disused railway lines.
The area around Isel features a number of interesting hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Lad Hows.
There are a number of hiking areas near Isel including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, Wild Boar Fell, and Over Staveley.
Eskdale, Coniston, Askham, Arnside, Burton-in-Kendal, Kirkby-in-Furness, and Troutbeck are great places to visit near Isel if you like villages.
Don't miss Sedbergh, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, Kirkby Stephen, and Cockermouth's towns if visiting the area around Isel.
Isel's best nearby lakes can be found at Windermere, Wastwater, Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Ullswater, and Haweswater.
The area around Isel boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Don't miss Piel Island's islands if visiting the area around Isel.
Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, Mayburgh Henge, Gunnerkeld Stone Circle, and Castlehowe Stone Circle are great places to visit near Isel if you like ancient sites.
Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, River Kent at Kentmere, and River Kent at Basingill's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Isel.
There are a several good ruins in the Isel area like Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Shap Abbey, Sedgwick Gunpowder Works, and Old Lime Kiln at Dalton.
The area around Isel boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, Grubbins Wood, and Brigsteer Park.
The area around Isel boasts some of the best waterfalls including Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Aira Force, Dungeon Ghyll , Pull Beck, Skelwith Force, and Ibbeth Peril.
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 Isel.
Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Isel best castles to visit near Isel.
Don't miss Acorn Bank, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Askham Hall, Acorn Bank Watermill, Lowther Mausoleum, and Smardale Gill Viaduct's historic buildings if visiting the area around Isel.
Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Isel.
There are a number of caves near Isel including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Isel has some unmissable old mines nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Parrock Quarry, Hodge Close Quarry, Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Horse Crag Quarry, and Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level.
There are a several good bluebell woods in the Isel area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Places near Isel feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a number of disused railway lines near to Isel including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Isel History
There are some historic monuments around Isel:
