English Heritage sites near Borrowdale Parish
CASTLERIGG STONE CIRCLE
6 miles from Borrowdale Parish
Castlerigg is perhaps the most atmospheric and dramatically sited of all British stone circles, with panoramic views and the mountains of Helvellyn and High Seat as a backdrop.
HARDKNOTT ROMAN FORT
8 miles from Borrowdale Parish
This remote and dramatically-sited fort was founded under Hadrian's rule in the 2nd century.Well-marked remains include the headquarters building, commandant's house and bath house.
AMBLESIDE ROMAN FORT
10 miles from Borrowdale Parish
The well-marked remains of a 2nd-century fort with large granaries, probably built under Hadrian's rule to guard the Roman road from Brougham to Ravenglass and act as a supply base.
RAVENGLASS ROMAN BATH HOUSE
15 miles from Borrowdale Parish
The remains of the bath house of Ravenglass Roman fort, established in AD 130, are among the tallest Roman structures surviving in northern Britain: the walls stand almost 4 metres (13 feet) high.
STOTT PARK BOBBIN MILL
18 miles from Borrowdale Parish
In the Lake District in Cumbria, this extensive working mill was begun in 1835 to produce the wooden bobbins vital to the Lancashire spinning and weaving industries.
SHAP ABBEY
18 miles from Borrowdale Parish
The impressive full-height 15th-century tower and other remains of a remote abbey of Premonstratensian 'white canons'.
Churches in Borrowdale Parish
Holy Trinity Grange in Borrowdale
B5289
Grange in Borrowdale
Keswick
017687 75855
Holy Trinity is a small unigue village church built in the mid 19th century by Miss Margaret Heathcote to save the people of Grange having to go to the parish church up the valley. Rumour has it that she never thought the vicars that the dicoese appointed to the parish were quite good enough for the people of Grange! She manged to go through 7 "curates" in 11 years so maybe she was a little hard to please. People are always surprised by the unusual features of this little chuch. It is in the main street in Grange and well worth a visit!
St Andrew's Borrowdale
near Borrowdale School
Near Stonethwaite
Keswick
017687 75855
St. Andrew's Church near Stonethwaite was originally built as a chapel of ease and consecrated in 1687 (although a chapel is recorded as far back as 1505). It had become a ruin and was rebuilt in 1762 and in 1765 it was granted a burial ground to relieve parishioners of the 'great inconvenience, labour and expense' of carrying the dead to Crosthwaite. The church was restored again in 1824-25 at a cost of £300 and in 1842 a new vicarage was built with £900, the bequest of Joseph Fisher and a grant of Queen Anne's Bounty. The church separated from Crosthwaite in 1865 and marriages could be solemnised in the church. St. Andrew's was restored once again and expanded in 1873 with the addition of the chancel.
St. Andrew's is a peaceful rural church closely sitting in one of the most picturesque areas of the country. It maintains close links with the nearby school, as it has done since the founding of the school. The Borrowdale Story uses the church building to help tell the story of the Borrowdale Valley. St Andrew's church is on the Coast to Coast route.
Free tea and coffee at the back of the Church. Free Book Swap.
Pubs in Borrowdale Parish
Borrowdale Gates Hotel
Grange in Borrowdale, CA12 5UQ
(017687) 77204
borrowdale-gates.com
Borrowdale Hotel
Borrowdale, CA12 5UY
(017687) 77224
theborrowdalehotel.co.uk
Glaramara House
, Borrowdale, Seatoller, CA12 5XQ
(017687) 77222
glaramarahouse.co.uk
Hazel Bank Country House Hotel
Honisters Yew Tree
Langstrath Country Inn
Borrowdale, Stonethwaite, CA12 5XG
(017687) 77239
thelangstrath.com
Leathes Head Hotel
Borrowdale, Borrowdale, CA12 5UY
(017687) 77247
leatheshead.co.uk/
Lodore Falls Hotel
Mary Mount Hotel
Borrowdale, Borrowdale, CA12 5UU
(017687) 72233
marymounthotel.co.uk
Royal Oak Hotel
Rosthwaite, Borrowdale, CA12 5XB
(017687) 77214
royaloakhotel.co.uk
Scafell Hotel
Borrowdale, Rosthwaite, CA12 5XB
(017687) 77208
scafell.co.uk
YHA Borrowdale
Longthwaite, Borrowdale, CA12 5XE
(017687) 77257
yha.org.uk/hostel/borrowdale