Wetheral is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Wetheral

There are great places to visit near Wetheral 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 Wetheral.

There are a number of hiking areas near Wetheral including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Wetheral if you like villages.

Wetheral's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Wetheral'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.

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 Wetheral.

The area around Wetheral features a number of interesting waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Wetheral.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Wetheral best lakes to visit near Wetheral.

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

Towns to visit near Wetheral include 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 Wetheral.

The area around Wetheral 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 Wetheral.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Wetheral including Fairy Steps.

There are a number of caves near Wetheral including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

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

Wetheral is near some unmissable disused railway lines like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

The area around Wetheral features a number of interesting airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

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

Wetheral History

There are some historic monuments around Wetheral:

• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
• Park House Roman fort
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• 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
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Castle Hill
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65