Roadhead is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Roadhead postcode: CA6 6NP

Retail in Roadhead

There are great places to visit near Roadhead 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 Roadhead boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Roadhead if you like hiking areas.

Roadhead's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are great places to visit near Roadhead if you like ancient sites.

Ruins to visit near Roadhead include 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.

The area around Roadhead boasts some of the best old mines including Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

There are a number of waterfalls near Roadhead including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Roadhead's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at 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 Roadhead area like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

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

There are a number of mountains near Roadhead including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Roadhead features a number of interesting castles 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 Roadhead 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 Roadhead feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

There are a number of caves near Roadhead including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Bluebell Woods to visit near Roadhead include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area around Roadhead's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Roadhead like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Airports to visit near Roadhead include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Islands to visit near Roadhead include Piel Island.

Roadhead History

There are some historic monuments around Roadhead:

• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Crew Castle bastle
• Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Ten medieval shielings on north bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare Grain
• Prehistoric cultivation terraces immediately south east of Nook
• Antonstown medieval dispersed settlement 450m south east of Crew Farm
• Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
• Stonehouse Tower bastle
• Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
• Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
• Low Grains bastle
• Carby Hill,settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM1690
• Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 230m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
• Prehistoric enclosure, field system and cairnfield, and medieval and early post-medieval settlements and field systems 600m SSW of Blacklyne House
• The Hill medieval dispersed settlement and an early post-medieval settlement 400m east of Ashycroft
• Two medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne 230m north east of confluence with little Hare Grain
• Four medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare Grain
• Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
• Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
• Shiel Knowe round cairn
• Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
• Towerbrae round cairn
• Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
• Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
• The Currick long cairn 710m north east of Cald Well
• Round cairn 300m south west of Underwood
• Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 130m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Grey Hill 930m south east of Ashycroft
• Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 410m WSW of confluence with Little Hare Grain
• Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
• The Loan medieval bastle and post-medieval cottage
• Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
• Lynestead medieval pele tower, early post-medieval farmstead and an associated corn drying kiln
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base