Ruckcroft
Ruckcroft is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.
Ruckcroft postcode: CA4 9QR
There are great places to visit near Ruckcroft 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.
The area around Ruckcroft boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Lad Hows.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, Wild Boar Fell, and Over Staveley are great places to visit near Ruckcroft if you like hiking areas.
Villages to visit near Ruckcroft include Eskdale, Coniston, Askham, Arnside, Burton-in-Kendal, Kirkby-in-Furness, and Troutbeck.
Ruckcroft's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, Kirkby Stephen, and Cockermouth.
The area around Ruckcroft boasts some of the best lakes including Windermere, Wastwater, Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Ullswater, and Haweswater.
The area around Ruckcroft features a number of interesting airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is one of Ruckcroft's best, nearby islands to visit in Ruckcroft.
Ancient Sites to visit near Ruckcroft include 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 some of Ruckcroft best rivers and streams to visit near Ruckcroft.
Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Shap Abbey, Sedgwick Gunpowder Works, and Old Lime Kiln at Dalton are great places to visit near Ruckcroft if you like ruins.
Woodlands to visit near Ruckcroft include Broughton Moor, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, Grubbins Wood, and Brigsteer Park.
The area around Ruckcroft features a number of interesting waterfalls including Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Aira Force, Dungeon Ghyll , Pull Beck, Skelwith Force, and Ibbeth Peril.
Ruckcroft 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 several good castles in the Ruckcroft area like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
There are a several good historic buildings in the Ruckcroft area 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.
The area around Ruckcroft's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.
Ruckcroft's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Old Mines to visit near Ruckcroft include Cathedral Quarry, Parrock Quarry, Hodge Close Quarry, Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Horse Crag Quarry, and Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level.
There are a several good bluebell woods in the Ruckcroft area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Ruckcroft's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Ruckcroft.
Places near Ruckcroft feature a number of interesting disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Ruckcroft History
There are some historic monuments around Ruckcroft:
