Retail in Little Strickland
There are great places to visit near Little Strickland 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 Little Strickland boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Little Strickland's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Little Strickland's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Ancient Sites to visit near Little Strickland include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
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 are some of Little Strickland best ruins to visit near Little Strickland.
There are a several good old mines in the Little Strickland area 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.
Little Strickland has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Little Strickland.
The area around Little Strickland features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are great places to visit near Little Strickland if you like woodlands.
Towns to visit near Little Strickland include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Little Strickland has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Castles to visit near Little Strickland include 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 Little Strickland.
The area around Little Strickland's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.
There are a several good caves in the Little Strickland area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Little Strickland has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a number of nature reserves near to Little Strickland including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Little Strickland is near some unmissable disused railway lines like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
The area around Little Strickland features a number of interesting airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is one of Little Strickland's best, nearby islands to visit in Little Strickland.
Little Strickland History
There are some historic monuments around Little Strickland:
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielings
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Little Round Table henge
- Roman milestone, 180m north west of Spitals
- Ring cairn north-west of Cattle Howe
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green
- Bowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet Beck
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Ewe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman road
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Mayburgh henge
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar
- Medieval shieling south of Cow Green
- Bowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High Haber
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts
- Keld Chapel
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack Moor
- Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe
- Cow Green long barrow
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well
- Oddendale concentric stone circle
- Eamont Bridge
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
- Lyvennet bowl barrow
- Crake Trees tower house
- Small stone circle on White Hag
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Bowl barrow on Iron Hill
- Cow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shieling
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- The Countess Pillar
- Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road
- Round cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Burwens Romano-British settlement and associated field system
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race
- Bowl barrow 70m south of Iron Hill
- Bowl barrow 25m east of Ravens' Gill
- Ewe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielings
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow Green
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow Green
- Bowl barrow 20m east of Ravens' Gill
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings
- Round cairn 300m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby Gill
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Crosby Ravensworth churchyard cross
- Buck Park deerpound
- Clifton Hall tower
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Round cairn on Howenook Pike
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Round cairn on Dale Moor
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle