Skinburness is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Skinburness postcode: CA7 4RA

Retail in Skinburness

There are great places to visit near Skinburness 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.

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

The area around Skinburness boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Skinburness.

Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Skinburness.

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 are great places to visit near Skinburness if you like ruins.

Skinburness has some unmissable old mines nearby like Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Skinburness has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

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

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

The area around Skinburness boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are great places to visit near Skinburness if you like towns.

The area around Skinburness boasts some of the best mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Skinburness best castles to visit near Skinburness.

Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are some of Skinburness best historic buildings to visit near Skinburness.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Skinburness like Fairy Steps.

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

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

Skinburness is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

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

Skinburness has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

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

Skinburness History

There are some historic monuments around Skinburness:

• Skinburness (milefortlet 9), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, and earlier Roman camp
• Annan Hill Roman camp Roman: camp SM4273
• Hurkledale, enclosure 400m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM11740
• Cardurnock milefortlet (Mf 5)
• Cardurnock (tower 4b) and earlier ditch system and patrol road, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Annan old graveyard, recumbent grave marker 45m ENE of town hall Crosses and carved stones: inscribed stone SM12183
• Prehistoric enclosure and trackway south of Wolsty Hall
• Hayknowes, settlement 180m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM12092
• Moated site of Wolsty Castle
• Blitterlees (milefortlet 12), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Herd Hill (milefortlet 4) and associated parallel banks and ditches, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Beckfoot Roman fort
• Palisade ditches, part of Roman frontier defences along Cumbrian coast, Roman camp & road and part of Romano-British field system,250m north of Silloth Farm
• St Mungo's Castle
• Dubmill Point milefortlet 17, 560m WNW of Hill House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Campfield (tower 2b) and associated parallel ditches and Roman road, 350m south west of Campfield Farm part of Roman frontier defences along Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Herd Hill North (tower 3b), 175m north east of the sheep wash, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wolsty North tower 13a, 500m south west of Wolsty Farm, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House
• Cardurnock Marsh turret 4a
• Pasture House turret 3a
• Mawbray Sandpit tower 16b, 680m WSW of Hailforth, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Wolsty South tower 13b, 200m WNW of New House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Mote of Annan, motte-and-bailey castle, 70m SSW of Moat House Secular: motte SM702
• Pasture House (milefortlet 3), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman fortlet 40m SSW of Castle Fields
• Bank Mill tower 15a, 250m north west of Belmont House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• St Mary's Abbey, Holmcultram
• Silloth Golf Course tower 12a, 670m WNW of Blitterlees Farm, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Prehistoric enclosure and hut circle, a Romano-British enclosure, and a Romano-British farmstead and associated field system north of Wolsty Hall
• Enclosure 1/2 mile (800m) S of Wolsty
• Silloth Golf Course tower 12b, 410m north west of Heatherbank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast