Retail in Whale
There are great places to visit near Whale 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.
There are a several good hills in the Whale area like 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 Whale best hiking areas to visit near Whale.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Whale if you like villages.
Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Whale.
The area around Whale 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 Whale 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.
Waterfalls to visit near Whale include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Whale has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
There are a number of lakes near Whale including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Whale's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
There are a several good towns in the Whale area like 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 Whale.
Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Whale best castles to visit near Whale.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Whale 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 a great place to visit close to Whale if you like historic monuments.
Caves to visit near Whale include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Whale has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Whale.
The area around Whale's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Whale has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
The area close to Whale boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.
Whale History
There are some historic monuments around Whale:
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Selside Pike round cairn
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Buck Park deerpound
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Clifton Hall tower
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Castle Crag slight univallate hillfort
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Keld Chapel
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Little Round Table henge
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- The Countess Pillar
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Eamont Bridge
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Mayburgh henge
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
