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Worth seeing in and around Stainton

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Penrith Castle

    Penrith Castle is a now-ruined medieval castle located in Penrith, in the north-west of England, a few miles to the east of the Lake District National Park.

    3.4 km · Grade I listed castle in Penrith, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dacre Castle

    Dacre Castle is a moated tower house in the village of Dacre, 4 miles south-west of Penrith, Cumbria, England. It was constructed in the mid-14th century, probably by Margaret Multon, against the background of the threat of Scottish invasion and raids, and was held in the Dacre family until the 17th century.

    2.8 km · moated tower house in the village of Dacre, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Mayburgh Henge

    Mayburgh Henge is a large prehistoric monument in the county of Cumbria in northern England. The henge is in the care of English Heritage and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

    3.5 km · Neolithic henge monument near Eamont Bridge, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    King Arthur's Round Table

    King Arthur's Round Table is a Neolithic henge in the village of Eamont Bridge in the English county of Cumbria, around one mile south east of Penrith. It is 400 metres from Mayburgh Henge.

    3.9 km · Neolithic henge monument in Eamont Bridge, Westmorland, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Dalemain

    Dalemain is a country house around five miles southwest of Penrith in Cumbria, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

    1.4 km · country house in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Penrith Town Hall

    Penrith Town Hall is a municipal building in Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria, England. The structure, which was the headquarters of Eden District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

    3.8 km · town hall in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Andrew's Church, Penrith

    St Andrew's Church is in the centre of the town of Penrith, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.

    3.8 km · church in Eden, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Dunmallard Hill

    Dunmallet or Dunmallard Hill is a small hill in the English Lake District, near Pooley Bridge, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

    3.8 km · hill in Dacre, Cumbria, England · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Andrew's Church, Dacre

    St Andrew's Church is in the village of Dacre, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Penrith, and the diocese of Carlisle.

    2.8 km · church in Eden, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Yanwath Hall

    Yanwath Hall is a 14th-century and later tower house in Yanwath, Cumbria, England. It is a grade I listed building.

    2.4 km · Grade I listed building in Eden, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Stainton

Airports
Newcastle (NCL), 83 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 114 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 134 km
Stations
Penrith railway station, 3.3 km
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Stainton
    84 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £10–13
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Stainton
    125 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £16–22
  • Liverpool → Stainton
    138 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £15–21
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Stainton

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Stainton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundYou can take your bike on the Transport for London Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames.
  • Get aroundThe ferry operates between Woolwich and North Woolwich (Silvertown) and is free.
  • Get aroundYou can take your bike on Wightlink ferries betweenː Lymington, Hampshire and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight Portsmouth, Hampshire and Fishbourne, Isle of Wight Portsmouth, Hampshire and Ryde, Isle of Wight You must make a reservation at no additional cost.
  • Get aroundBikes are stowed on the ferry car decks of car ferries or the bike store on Portsmouth–Ryde Pier Head FastCats.
  • Get aroundYou can take your bike on Red Funnel ferries betweenː Southampton, Hampshire and West Cowes, Isle of Wight Southampton, Hampshire and East Cowes, Isle of Wight You can bring bicycles on board free of charge.

From Wikivoyage: Cycling in England and Wales, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    181 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    214 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    242 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    323 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    340 km

If you know how people move in Stainton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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