Retail in Upper Denton
There are great places to visit near Upper Denton 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 Upper Denton.
Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell's hiking areas if visiting the area around Upper Denton.
Upper Denton'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 some of Upper Denton best ancient sites to visit near Upper Denton.
There are a number of ruins near Upper Denton 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.
Upper Denton's best nearby old mines can be found at Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Upper Denton best waterfalls to visit near Upper Denton.
River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near Upper Denton if you like rivers and streams.
Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Upper Denton best lakes to visit near Upper Denton.
The area around Upper Denton 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 Upper Denton if you like towns.
There are a several good mountains in the Upper Denton area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Upper Denton boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Historic Buildings to visit near Upper Denton include Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
The area close to Upper Denton boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
Upper Denton's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
The area around Upper Denton boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Upper Denton like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Upper Denton if you like disused railway lines.
There are a number of airports near Upper Denton including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is one of Upper Denton's best, nearby islands to visit in Upper Denton.
Upper Denton History
There are some historic monuments around Upper Denton:
- Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
- Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
- High Grains medieval pele tower and three shielings 200m west of High Grains Farm
- Willowford Roman temporary camp
- Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
- High Grains bastle and shieling 130m west of High Grains Farm
- Bastle at Upper Denton
- Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Grey Hill 930m south east of Ashycroft
- 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
- Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
- Low Grains bastle
- Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
- Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
- Tower Tye ringwork
- Shielings and later farmstead on Cock Law, 600m north west of Horseholme
- Lanercost Bridge
- Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
- 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
- Towerbrae round cairn
- The section of Stanegate Roman road from Fell End Roman temporary camp to the track to Old Shield, and the Roman cemetery adjacent to Carvoran Roman fort
- Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
- Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46
- Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
- Blenkinsopp Castle (uninhabited parts)
- The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
- 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
- Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
- Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
- Shieling, 110m south of Bull Crag
- Moated site at Upper Denton
- Standing stone on Standingstone Rigg
- Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
- The Curricks camp
- St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
- Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47
- Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
- Hadrian's Wall between Walltown Quarry East and Walltown Quarry West in wall mile 45
- Throp Roman fortlet
- Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
- Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
- Thirlwall Castle
- RAF Spadeadam: Blue Streak Underground Launcher Facility
- RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
- RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
- Shieling north of Jerrycalf Rigg
- RAF Spadeadam: Greymare Hill Missile Test Area
- Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
- The westernmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
- The easternmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
- Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
- Group of shielings, 100m north of Tinkler Crags
- Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell
- RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
- Round cairn 610m south east of High Grains
- Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
- Crooks Roman temporary camp
- Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
- Roachburn Colliery
- Shieling 150m south of Tinkler Crags
- Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
- 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm
- Hazel Gill shieling
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Carvoran Roman fort and the west side of the B6318 road in wall mile 46
- Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
- Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
- Medieval shieling 800m east of Woodhead
- Two shielings below Crying Crag
- Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
- Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
- Barron's Pike bowl barrow
