Hesket Newmarket Conservation Area

Why is Hesket Newmarket special?

Hesket Newmarket is a small historic hamlet in a sheltered location on a terrace above the valley of the River Caldew with attractive architectural and historic character. This includes:

• At the meeting point of some twelve roads, bridle-tracks and footpaths linking Hesket Newmarket to the high sheep-grazed fells to the south and west and to the patchwork of small fields and cattle pasture surrounding the village
• The main focus of settlement surrounding the edges of an long sloping elliptical village green that once hosted the market from which the hamlet derives its name
• A secondary development along the roads leading into the hamlet, and around the How Beck, to the east of the hamlet
• Working farms and grazing sheep, cattle and ducks in the centre of the village and in the fields that descend into the village
• Abundant wildlife, including large flocks of swallows
• Significant long views through the conservation area to the rolling hills and woodland that surround the hamlet
• A thriving commercial hub catering to visitors with camping and bed and breakfast accommodation, a tea shop, pubs and a brewery, and a post office and general store.