Aglionby is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Aglionby postcode: CA4 8AJ

Retail in Aglionby

There are great places to visit near Aglionby including some great hills, hiking areas, villages, ancient sites, ruins, old mines, waterfalls, rivers and streams, lakes, woodlands, towns, mountains, castles, historic buildings, historic monuments, caves, bluebell woods, nature reserves, disused railway lines, airports and islands.

Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are some of Aglionby best hills to visit near Aglionby.

There are a number of hiking areas near Aglionby including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a several good villages in the Aglionby area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

There are a number of ancient sites near Aglionby including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

There are a number of ruins near Aglionby including Bonsor East Mine Workings, Bonsor Dressing Floors, Penny Rigg Copper Mill, Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), and Hebblethwaite Hall Gill.

The area around Aglionby features a number of interesting old mines including Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Aglionby best waterfalls to visit near Aglionby.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Aglionby including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Aglionby's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Aglionby's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

There are a number of towns near Aglionby including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a number of mountains near Aglionby including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Aglionby best castles to visit near Aglionby.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Aglionby area like Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Fairy Steps is one of Aglionby's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Aglionby.

Caves to visit near Aglionby include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

The area around Aglionby boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Places near Aglionby feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Aglionby include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Airports to visit near Aglionby include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

There are a several good islands in the area around Aglionby like Piel Island.

Aglionby History

There are some historic monuments around Aglionby:

• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Castle Hill
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Park House Roman fort
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• City wall, NE side
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street