Midgeholme is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Midgeholme

There are great places to visit near Midgeholme 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 Midgeholme.

Hiking Areas to visit near Midgeholme include Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Midgeholme has some unmissable villages nearby like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

The area around Midgeholme boasts some of the best ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Midgeholme.

Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are great places to visit near Midgeholme if you like old mines.

The area around Midgeholme features a number of interesting waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Midgeholme include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

There are a number of lakes near Midgeholme including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

The area around Midgeholme boasts some of the best towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

The area around Midgeholme 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.

The area around Midgeholme boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Midgeholme'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.

Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Midgeholme.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Midgeholme best caves to visit near Midgeholme.

Midgeholme has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area close to Midgeholme boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a number of disused railway lines near to Midgeholme including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Midgeholme has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Islands to visit near Midgeholme include Piel Island.

Midgeholme History

There are some historic monuments around Midgeholme:

• Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell
• Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47
• Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• Blenkinsopp Castle (uninhabited parts)
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
• Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
• Bellister Castle (uninhabited parts)
• 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
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• The section of Stanegate Roman road from Fell End Roman temporary camp to the track to Old Shield, and the Roman cemetery adjacent to Carvoran Roman fort
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• Willowford Roman temporary camp
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
• Sunny Rigg 3 Roman temporary camp
• Whitley Castle Roman fort and vicus, 280m south west of Castle Nook
• Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp
• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• The Curricks camp
• Crooks Roman temporary camp
• Sunny Rigg 1 Roman temporary camp
• Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp
• Bastle at Upper Denton
• 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
• 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
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Carvoran Roman fort and the west side of the B6318 road in wall mile 46
• Throp Roman fortlet
• Hadrian's Wall between the track to Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry East in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Roachburn Colliery
• The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• Fell End Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
• Thirlwall Castle
• St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
• Hadrian's Wall between Walltown Quarry East and Walltown Quarry West in wall mile 45
• Moated site at Upper Denton
• Kirkhaugh Bridge abutments 1/2 mile (800m) NE of Whitley Castle
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48