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Maiden Castle (Cumbria)

Open accesson open access land, where the right to roam applies

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Maiden Castle (Cumbria) is a castle in Cumbria. It is one of 33 castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. It sits inside the North Pennines National Landscape.

Other castles nearby include Roper Castle, Brough Castle and Hartley Castle. The nearest railway station is Kirkby Stephen, 12.7 km to the south-west.

More at the National Heritage List entry

More places to visit near Maiden Castle (Cumbria)

Photo of High Cup Nick, the glacial valley cut into the North Pennines escarpment, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

North Pennines

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Wearhead

England's high, quiet backbone of moorland tops, waterfalls and old lead-mining dales, designated in 1988

Photo of the Yorkshire Dales, a National Park in England.Iconic

Yorkshire Dales

National Park near Gayle

Limestone country of dry-stone walls, field barns, waterfalls and the Three Peaks.

5.9 km S

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

6.5 km SE · spans 8 counties

Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.Highlight

Coast to Coast

National Trail

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

8.3 km SW · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo of God's Bridge, a rock formation near Cotherstone in the North Pennines, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

God's Bridge

Rock formation near Cotherstone

Natural limestone bridge carrying the moor over the River Greta near Bowes, on the Pennine Way.

8.5 km E

Photo of Wain Wath Force, a waterfall near Keld in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Wain Wath Force

Waterfall near Keld

A wide, low fall on the Swale below the crag of Cotterby Scar near Keld, a favourite paddling spot.

11.7 km S