Lanercost is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Lanercost postcode: CA8 2HQ

Retail in Lanercost

There are great places to visit near Lanercost 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.

Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are some of Lanercost best hills to visit near Lanercost.

The area around Lanercost features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Lanercost.

Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are some of Lanercost best ancient sites to visit near Lanercost.

There are a several good ruins in the Lanercost area like 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.

Lanercost 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.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Lanercost best waterfalls to visit near Lanercost.

The area around Lanercost features a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are great places to visit near Lanercost if you like lakes.

The area around Lanercost features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Lanercost has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a number of mountains near Lanercost including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Lanercost's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a several good historic buildings in the Lanercost area 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.

The area close to Lanercost boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Lanercost if you like caves.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the Lanercost area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Places near Lanercost feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area close to Lanercost boasts some of the best disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area around Lanercost features a number of interesting airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area close to Lanercost boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Lanercost History

There are some historic monuments around Lanercost:

• 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
• 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
• Round cairn 610m south east of High Grains
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
• Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Towerbrae round cairn
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
• RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
• Boothby Roman fort
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
• 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
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Lanercost Bridge
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Medieval shieling 800m east of Woodhead
• Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
• RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
• Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Bastle at Upper Denton
• Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
• Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
• Castle Hill
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
• Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
• RAF Spadeadam: Greymare Hill Missile Test Area
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
• Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
• Roachburn Colliery
• Moated site at Upper Denton