All details in our visitor pack in the cottage
Duddon Bridge Iron Furnace
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Donkey Rock, or as I call it, the vertical beach! Take the road to Foxfield from Broughton, the rock is on your left.
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Swinside stone circle (NGR SD 172 882) is one of the three most important stone circles in Cumbria, and consists of 55 stones set in a ninety foot diameter circle.
Birkrigg Common is a wonderful example of limestone
pavement, with great views across Morecambe Bay and
towards the Furness Fells. Excellent for dog walking!
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Birkrigg Druids Circle, Birkrigg Common, Ulverston (NGR SD 292 739). Overlooking the village of Bardsea, it consists of two roughly concentric stone rings. Great when included in a walk on Birkrigg Common or Sea Wood (across the road), which has mysterious stones of its own to explore
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Frith Hall is visible as a romantic ruin of a hunting lodge on the skyline as you drive up the Duddon Valley.
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Ravenglass Roman Bath House, fort (Glannoventa) and vicus.
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Hardknott Roman fort, the remains of the Roman fort Mediobogdum, located on the western side of the Hardknott Pass (head up the Duddon Valley, Hardkott Pass takes you into Eskdale)
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Furness Abbey (English Heritage), 0370 333 1181: this was one of the richest Cistercian monasteries in England,. Adjacent grassy amphitheatre and footpaths toward Barrow and Dalton.