Allerby is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Allerby postcode: CA7 2NJ

Retail in Allerby

There are great places to visit near Allerby 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 Allerby best hills to visit near Allerby.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Allerby best hiking areas to visit near Allerby.

The area around Allerby boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

The area around Allerby features a number of interesting ancient sites 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 Allerby 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.

Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Allerby.

The area around Allerby boasts some of the best waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

The area around Allerby boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Allerby has some unmissable lakes nearby like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are great places to visit near Allerby if you like woodlands.

There are a several good towns in the Allerby area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

The area around Allerby boasts some of the best mountains 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 Allerby best castles to visit near Allerby.

Don't miss Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct's historic buildings if visiting the area around Allerby.

Historic Monuments to visit near Allerby include Fairy Steps.

The area around Allerby features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Allerby's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area around Allerby's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

There are a several good airports in the Allerby area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Piel Island is one of Allerby's best, nearby islands to visit in Allerby.

Allerby History

There are some historic monuments around Allerby:

• Wolsty South tower 13b, 200m WNW of New House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Dubmill Point milefortlet 17, 560m WNW of Hill House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Mawbray Sandpit tower 16b, 680m WSW of Hailforth, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Bank Mill tower 15a, 250m north west of Belmont House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Beckfoot Roman fort
• Moated site of Wolsty Castle
• Tute Hill motte
• Netherhall
• Allonby saltpan
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Enclosure 1/2 mile (800m) S of Wolsty
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Westnewton Castle
• Roman fortlet 40m SSW of Castle Fields
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall