Castle Folds

#4260 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Castle Folds or Castlesteads was a Romano-British walled settlement on Great Asby Scar – an area of limestone pavement in the parish of Asby, Cumbria, England. In medieval times, it was used as a shieling – a temporary summer shelter. It is now in ruins but is protected as a scheduled monument. ()

Coordinates: 54°28'42"N, 2°32'30"W

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Castle Folds – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sunbiggin Tarn, All Saints Church, St Oswald's Church, St Lawrence's Church.

1.9 miSE
Lake
Sunbiggin Tarn, Kirkby Stephen
50 min walk • Sunbiggin Tarn is a tarn near Sunbiggin in Cumbria. It is in a Site of Special Scientific Interest which also includes the surrounding moorland and limestone pavement of Little Asby Scar.
1.8 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church, Gothic architecture
All Saints Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
47 min walk • All Saints Church is in the village of Orton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
5.5 miSE
Church
St Oswald's Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
140 min walk • St Oswald's Church is in the village of Ravenstonedale, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
3.8 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church, Gothic architecture
St Lawrence's Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
98 min walk • St Lawrence's Church is in the village of Crosby Ravensworth, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
6.1 miNE
Church
St James' Church
155 min walk • St James' Church is in the village of Great Ormside, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
0.4 miNE
Protected area
Great Asby Scar
11 min walk • Great Asby Scar is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve in Cumbria, UK. It is an area of limestone pavement, south of the village of Great Asby.
5 miE
Church, Gothic architecture
St Andrew's Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
127 min walk • St Andrew's Church is in the village of Crosby Garrett, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
4.3 miNW
Archaeological site
Oddendale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
109 min walk • Oddendale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, near the large village of Shap. For transport there is the M6 motorway and the A6 road.
2.3 miNW
Mountain
Orton Fells
59 min walk • The Orton Fells is an upland area in Northern England, mostly consisting of limestone hills, plateaus and moorlands. Historically in Westmorland, the area lies within the modern county of Cumbria and is bounded by the Lake District to the west, the Eden Valley to the north and east, and the Yorkshire Dales and Howgill Fells to the south.
6.1 miSW
Hill
Winterscleugh
155 min walk • Winterscleugh is a hill of 464 metres in Cumbria, England, to the east of the Lake District. It is in the far east of the Lake District National Park since the national park's expansion in 2019.
2.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Pate Hole, Yorkshire Dales National Park
63 min walk • Pate Hole is a solutional cave located adjacent to Asby Gill 1 kilometre south of Great Asby in Cumbria, England. It is 970 metres long and has a vertical range of 33 metres. The entrance is normally dry, but in flood it becomes an impressive resurgence. Its name derives from the north country word for badger.