Winster
Winster is a Village in the county of Cumbria.
Winster postcode: LA23 3NR
There are great places to visit near Winster including some great hills, hiking areas, villages, towns, lakes, airports, islands, ancient sites, rivers and streams, ruins, woodlands, waterfalls, mountains, castles, historic buildings, historic monuments, caves, old mines, bluebell woods, nature reserves and disused railway lines.
Don't miss Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Lad Hows's hills if visiting the area around Winster.
Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, Wild Boar Fell, and Over Staveley's hiking areas if visiting the area around Winster.
Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Askham, Arnside, Burton-in-Kendal, Kirkby-in-Furness, and Troutbeck's villages if visiting the area around Winster.
Sedbergh, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, Kirkby Stephen, and Cockermouth are great places to visit near Winster if you like towns.
The area around Winster boasts some of the best lakes including Windermere, Wastwater, Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Ullswater, and Haweswater.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Winster best airports to visit near Winster.
There are a number of islands near to Winster including Piel Island.
There are a number of ancient sites near Winster including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, Mayburgh Henge, Gunnerkeld Stone Circle, and Castlehowe Stone Circle.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Winster include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, River Kent at Kentmere, and River Kent at Basingill.
Winster has some unmissable ruins nearby like Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Shap Abbey, Sedgwick Gunpowder Works, and Old Lime Kiln at Dalton.
There are a number of woodlands near Winster including Broughton Moor, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, Grubbins Wood, and Brigsteer Park.
There are a several good waterfalls in the Winster area like Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Aira Force, Dungeon Ghyll , Pull Beck, Skelwith Force, and Ibbeth Peril.
The area around Winster boasts some of the best mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Winster's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
There are a number of historic buildings near Winster including Acorn Bank, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Askham Hall, Acorn Bank Watermill, Lowther Mausoleum, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
Winster is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,
Caves to visit near Winster include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Old Mines to visit near Winster include Cathedral Quarry, Parrock Quarry, Hodge Close Quarry, Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Horse Crag Quarry, and Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level.
Bluebell Woods to visit near Winster include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area around Winster's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Winster if you like disused railway lines.
Winster History
There are some historic monuments around Winster:
