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.
The area around Upper Denton features a number of interesting hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Hiking Areas to visit near Upper Denton include Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Villages to visit near Upper Denton include Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
The area around Upper Denton 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.
Upper Denton's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.
Upper Denton'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.
There are a number of rivers and streams near Upper Denton including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Lakes to visit near Upper Denton include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Woodlands to visit near Upper Denton include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Upper Denton's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
The area around Upper Denton features a number of interesting mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
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 Upper Denton.
Upper Denton's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Upper Denton like Fairy Steps.
The area around Upper Denton boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Upper Denton best bluebell woods to visit near Upper Denton.
Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Upper Denton.
Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Upper Denton.
Upper Denton has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
There are a number of islands near to Upper Denton including Piel Island.
Upper Denton History
There are some historic monuments around Upper Denton:
- 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
- The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
- Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
- Crooks Roman temporary camp
- Medieval shieling 800m east of Woodhead
- Moated site at Upper Denton
- St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
- Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
- 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
- Group of shielings, 100m north of Tinkler Crags
- Roachburn Colliery
- 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
- 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
- Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
- Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
- Towerbrae round cairn
- Thirlwall Castle
- Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
- 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
- Low Grains bastle
- The Curricks camp
- Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
- The westernmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
- Blenkinsopp Castle (uninhabited parts)
- Bastle at Upper Denton
- Shieling north of Jerrycalf Rigg
- 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
- Throp Roman fortlet
- Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
- Shielings and later farmstead on Cock Law, 600m north west of Horseholme
- Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
- Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
- Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
- The easternmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
- RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
- Hadrian's Wall between Walltown Quarry East and Walltown Quarry West in wall mile 45
- Shieling, 110m south of Bull Crag
- Lanercost Bridge
- Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
- 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
- Barron's Pike bowl barrow
- Round cairn 610m south east of High Grains
- RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
- Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on Grey Hill 930m south east of Ashycroft
- RAF Spadeadam: Greymare Hill Missile Test Area
- Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
- Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
- Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
- Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
- Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell
- Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
- Shieling 150m south of Tinkler Crags
- Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
- Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
- Hazel Gill shieling
- Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
- Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
- Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
- Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
- 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
- Willowford Roman temporary camp
- Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
- Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp
- High Grains medieval pele tower and three shielings 200m west of High Grains Farm
- RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
- Standing stone on Standingstone Rigg
- High Grains bastle and shieling 130m west of High Grains Farm
- RAF Spadeadam: Blue Streak Underground Launcher Facility
- Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
- Tower Tye ringwork
- Two shielings below Crying Crag
- Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
