Retail in Kirkcambeck
There are great places to visit near Kirkcambeck 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.
Don't miss Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks's hills if visiting the area around Kirkcambeck.
Kirkcambeck's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
There are a several good villages in the Kirkcambeck area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Kirkcambeck'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.
The area around Kirkcambeck 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 Kirkcambeck 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.
Don't miss Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Kirkcambeck.
Kirkcambeck 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 Kirkcambeck.
Woodlands to visit near Kirkcambeck include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Kirkcambeck has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
There are a number of mountains near Kirkcambeck including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Kirkcambeck features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Kirkcambeck'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.
Kirkcambeck is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,
The area around Kirkcambeck features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Kirkcambeck if you like bluebell woods.
There are a number of nature reserves near to Kirkcambeck including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a number of disused railway lines near to Kirkcambeck including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a several good airports in the Kirkcambeck area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Kirkcambeck is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,
Kirkcambeck History
There are some historic monuments around Kirkcambeck:
- Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
- Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
- The Hill medieval dispersed settlement and an early post-medieval settlement 400m east of Ashycroft
- Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
- The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
- Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
- Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
- High Grains medieval pele tower and three shielings 200m west of High Grains Farm
- Lynestead medieval pele tower, early post-medieval farmstead and an associated corn drying kiln
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Grey Hill 930m south east of Ashycroft
- The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
- Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
- Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
- Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
- Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
- Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
- Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
- The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
- Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
- Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
- Round cairn 610m south east of High Grains
- Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
- Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
- Barron's Pike bowl barrow
- The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
- Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
- Boothby Roman fort
- Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
- Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
- Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
- Tower Tye ringwork
- Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
- Castle Hill
- Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
- Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
- Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
- Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
- Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
- Towerbrae round cairn
- Round cairn 300m south west of Underwood
- Antonstown medieval dispersed settlement 450m south east of Crew Farm
- Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
- Watchclose Roman temporary camp
- Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
- Medieval shieling 800m east of Woodhead
- The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
- Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
- Crew Castle bastle
- RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
- Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
- Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
- Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
- Lanercost Bridge
- Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook
- The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
- Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
- Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
- Low Grains bastle
- Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
- High Grains bastle and shieling 130m west of High Grains Farm
- Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
- Shiel Knowe round cairn
- The Loan medieval bastle and post-medieval cottage
