Retail in Muncaster
There are great places to visit near Muncaster 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 Muncaster boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell's hiking areas if visiting the area around Muncaster.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Muncaster best villages to visit near Muncaster.
The area around Muncaster features a number of interesting 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.
The area around Muncaster 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.
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 Muncaster if you like old mines.
Waterfalls to visit near Muncaster include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Muncaster include 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 some of Muncaster best lakes to visit near Muncaster.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are some of Muncaster best woodlands to visit near Muncaster.
Muncaster's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Muncaster if you like mountains.
Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Muncaster best castles to visit near Muncaster.
There are a number of historic buildings near Muncaster including Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
There are a number of historic monuments near to Muncaster including Fairy Steps.
Muncaster's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Muncaster if you like bluebell woods.
Muncaster is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
The area around Muncaster's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
The area around Muncaster boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
There are a several good islands in the area around Muncaster like Piel Island.
Muncaster History
There are some historic monuments around Muncaster:
- Mecklin Park cairnfield, 500m north of Ain House
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 350m west of The Knott
- Prehistoric long cairn on Stainton Fell, 940m north east of Rowantree Force
- Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield and a funerary cairn 400m south east of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and enclosure 750m west of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric enclosure south of The Intake, 920m south east of Stainton
- High cross in St Mary's churchyard
- Sike Moss prehistoric cairnfield and two ring cairns 215m north east of Woodend Bridge
- Stainton Ling prehistoric hut circle settlement, associated field systems, cairnfields, funerary cairns, and a medieval field system and two shielings
- High cross in St Paul's churchyard
- Black Beck North prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 950m SSW of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Black Beck
- Three prehistoric cairnfields and an associated field system on Corney Fell, 1.2km south east of High Corney
- Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of Swinside
- Seaton nunnery (site of)
- Prehistoric cairnfield, field system, two funerary cairns, a Romano-British farmstead, field system and a post-medieval haematite mine at Brantrake Moss
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 660m north of Rowantree Force
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Waberthwaite Fell, on the north bank of Charlesground Gill, 880m south east of High Corney
- Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system south west of Birkby Fell, 750m north east of The Knott
- Cairnfield including a funerary cairn, standing stone and three stone banks south of Eller How, Burnmoor
- Cairnfield including a prehistoric enclosure, 5 stone circles, 10 funerary cairns, 6 stone banks, 2 stone walls, a lynchet and a trackway on Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Corney Fell, 620m south east of Lambground
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 950m north of Rowantree Force
- Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle Fell
- Prehistoric round cairn on Whitfell
- Prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, hut circles and a farmstead on Corney Fell, 440m north west of Buckbarow Bridge
- Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor
- Ravenglass Roman fort bath-house, also known as Walls Castle
- Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and a funerary cairn 520m south of Barnscar settlement
- Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield 375m east of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 800m north west and 800m north of Woodend Bridge
- Yokerill Hows, group of seven cairns
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 840m north west of Redgill Head
- Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well
- Roman kilns
- Prehistoric enclosure containing three hut circles and eight clearance cairns and an adjacent hut circle and cairnfield north east of Boat How, Burnmoor
- Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat
- Ravenglass Roman fort
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 630m east of the confluence of Hall Beck and Devoke Water
- Prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, hut circles, Romano-British farmstead and a medieval field system, 1.1km SE of Stainton
- Prehistoric enclosure containing ten clearance cairns south west of Boat How, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and hut circle east of Water Crag
- Prehistoric cairnfield south west of Water Crag, 290m north west of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Devoke Water
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 740m south west of Rowantree Force
- Green How West unenclosed prehistoric hut circle settlement 540m NNE of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 360m south east of Raven Crag
- High cross shaft in St John's churchyard
- Prehistoric cairnfield 420m south east of the triangulation pillar on Rough Crag
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system north of Pike How, 650m west of High Ground
- Gray Borran group of cairns
- Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground
- Prehistoric cairnfield 660m north east of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric cairnfield 570m south west of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 540m south west of The Knott
- Drigg Holme packhorse bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement, field system, funerary cairn, and a medieval shieling on Birkby Fell west of Devoke Water
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 330m south of The Knott
- Prehisitoric cairnfield 850m north west of Woodend Bridge
- High cross shaft, high cross head, and high cross base in St Michael and All Angels churchyard
- Smallstone Beck prehistoric cairnfield 410m east of Birkerthwaite
- Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell
- Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell
- Infell Wood medieval enclosure, 550m north west of Scargreen
- Barnscar prehistoric cairnfield, two hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, and a Romano-British farmstead, trackway and field system
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 760m NNE of Stainton
- Hare Gill prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement and associated field system 715m SSE of Fisher Gate
- Prehistoric cairnfield immediately south of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge
