Talkin is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Talkin postcode: CA8 1LF

Retail in Talkin

There are great places to visit near Talkin 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.

Talkin has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

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

There are a several good villages in the Talkin area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

The area around Talkin 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 Talkin 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.

There are a several good old mines in the Talkin area 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.

Talkin's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Talkin'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.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are great places to visit near Talkin if you like lakes.

Don't miss Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Talkin.

The area around Talkin features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Talkin.

Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Talkin.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Talkin 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.

Fairy Steps is one of Talkin's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Talkin.

Talkin has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

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

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Talkin's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Talkin.

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

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

Talkin History

There are some historic monuments around Talkin:

• Lanercost Bridge
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Boothby Roman fort
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Castle Hill
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street House
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• 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
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Grey Yauds stone circle
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
• Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street House
• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg D: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 760m north west of Far Shields
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg