Monkhill is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Monkhill postcode: CA5 6DE

Retail in Monkhill

There are great places to visit near Monkhill 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.

Hills to visit near Monkhill include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Lad Hows.

There are a number of hiking areas near Monkhill 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 some of Monkhill best villages to visit near Monkhill.

There are a number of towns near Monkhill including Sedbergh, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, Kirkby Stephen, and Cockermouth.

Don't miss Windermere, Wastwater, Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Ullswater, and Haweswater's lakes if visiting the area around Monkhill.

Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around Monkhill.

The area around Monkhill's best islands can be found at Piel Island.

Monkhill's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, Mayburgh Henge, Gunnerkeld Stone Circle, and Castlehowe Stone Circle.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, River Kent at Kentmere, and River Kent at Basingill are great places to visit near Monkhill if you like rivers and streams.

Monkhill's best nearby ruins can be found at 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 Monkhill boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, Grubbins Wood, and Brigsteer Park.

Waterfalls to visit near Monkhill include Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Aira Force, Dungeon Ghyll , Pull Beck, Skelwith Force, and Ibbeth Peril.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Monkhill best mountains to visit near Monkhill.

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

Monkhill has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Acorn Bank, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Askham Hall, Acorn Bank Watermill, Lowther Mausoleum, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Fairy Steps is a great place to visit close to Monkhill if you like historic monuments.

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

Old Mines to visit near Monkhill include Cathedral Quarry, Parrock Quarry, Hodge Close Quarry, Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Horse Crag Quarry, and Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level.

Don't miss Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Monkhill.

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

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Monkhill include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Monkhill History

There are some historic monuments around Monkhill:

• Hadrian's Wall between the field boundary to the south of the site of St Andrew's Church and Eden Bank at Beaumont in wall miles 69 and 70
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• Rockcliffe Cross
• Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp
• Down Hall moated site
• Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire
• Bishop's Dyke
• Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between east side of road at Burgh Head, and boundary south of Ash Tree Square, Burgh-by-Sands in wall miles 71 and 72
• Hadrian's Wall between Grinsdale and the field boundary south of the site of St Andrew's Church, Kirkandrews on Eden in wall miles 68 and 69
• Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
• Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68
• Settlement 60m E of Ghyll Head
• Redkirkmill, enclosure 50m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM12086
• Lochmaben Stone,standing stone & stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM3378
• Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
• Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Beaumont motte castle and section of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 70 including turret 70a
• Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Burgh by Sands and Burgh Marsh in wall miles 72 and 73
• City wall, NE side
• Calvertsholm, settlement 110m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM12128
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Mill Beck and the field boundary east of Kirkandrews Farm in wall mile 69
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway west of Kirkandrews Farm and the dismantled railway south east of Burgh by Sands in wall miles 70 and 71
• Settlement 500yds (460m) SE of Cardew Hill
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
• Settlement enclosures, 800m north west of Farhill
• Whinnyrig, enclosed settlement, droveway and field system 130m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM11995
• Hadrian's Wall Vallum between West End, Burgh by Sands and the eastern boundary of Dykesfield
• Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Roman fort and watch tower, 800m SSW of Amberfield
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• The Bracken, enclosed settlement and droveway 370m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM11994