Papcastle is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Papcastle

There are great places to visit near Papcastle 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 Papcastle.

There are a number of hiking areas near Papcastle including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Papcastle features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

There are a number of ancient sites near Papcastle including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Papcastle has some unmissable ruins nearby 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.

Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Papcastle.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are great places to visit near Papcastle if you like waterfalls.

The area around Papcastle boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

There are a several good lakes in the Papcastle area like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Papcastle has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Papcastle's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Papcastle has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of castles near Papcastle including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a several good historic buildings in the Papcastle 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.

Places near Papcastle feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

The area around Papcastle features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Papcastle's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Papcastle.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Papcastle if you like disused railway lines.

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

There are a several good islands in the area around Papcastle like Piel Island.

Papcastle History

There are some historic monuments around Papcastle:

• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Round cairn 75m north east of summit of Carling Knott
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Allonby saltpan
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Moated site of Loweswater Pele
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Tute Hill motte
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement and associated annexe at Lanthwaite Green
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle