Walton - Cumbria is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Walton - Cumbria

There are great places to visit near Walton - Cumbria 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.

Walton - Cumbria's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Walton - Cumbria best hiking areas to visit near Walton - Cumbria.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Walton - Cumbria best villages to visit near Walton - Cumbria.

Walton - Cumbria has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

There are a number of ruins near Walton - Cumbria 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.

Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Walton - Cumbria.

Don't miss Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Walton - Cumbria.

The area around Walton - Cumbria boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

There are a several good lakes in the Walton - Cumbria area like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

There are a number of woodlands near Walton - Cumbria 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 some of Walton - Cumbria best towns to visit near Walton - Cumbria.

Mountains to visit near Walton - Cumbria include Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Walton - Cumbria features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Don't miss Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct's historic buildings if visiting the area around Walton - Cumbria.

The area around Walton - Cumbria's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Walton - Cumbria best caves to visit near Walton - Cumbria.

There are a number of bluebell woods near Walton - Cumbria including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Nature Reserves to visit near Walton - Cumbria include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a number of disused railway lines near to Walton - Cumbria including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Walton - Cumbria's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Walton - Cumbria is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Walton - Cumbria History

There are some historic monuments around Walton - Cumbria:

• Towerbrae round cairn
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• High Grains bastle and shieling 130m west of High Grains Farm
• Lanercost Bridge
• Stone hut circle 740m east of Woodhead
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• Hennel Cleugh bowl barrow, 785m south west of High Grains Farm
• Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Stone hut circle and round cairn 800m east of Woodhead
• Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Early post-medieval dispersed settlement on Mount Hulie
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• 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
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• 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
• Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• 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 vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Bewcastle Roman fort, high cross shaft in St Cuthbert's churchyard, and Bew Castle medieval shell keep castle
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
• Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Castle Hill
• Medieval shieling 800m east of Woodhead
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Low Grains bastle
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Braes Pele medieval tower and shielings 350m east of Borderrigg
• Boothby Roman fort
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Dollerline medieval dispersed settlement 250m north of Bush Farm
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• High Grains medieval pele tower and three shielings 200m west of High Grains Farm
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.