Retail in Birkby
There are great places to visit near Birkby 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.
Birkby has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Birkby if you like hiking areas.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Birkby if you like villages.
Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are great places to visit near Birkby if you like ancient sites.
Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Birkby.
There are a several good old mines in the Birkby area like Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
Birkby has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Birkby has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
There are a number of lakes near Birkby including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Birkby has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
There are a number of towns near Birkby including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Birkby's best nearby mountains can be found at Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Castles to visit near Birkby include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
The area around Birkby boasts some of the best historic buildings including 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 a great place to visit close to Birkby if you like historic monuments.
Birkby has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Birkby's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a number of nature reserves near to Birkby including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Birkby like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Birkby's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Birkby is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,
Birkby History
There are some historic monuments around Birkby:
- High cross in St Paul's churchyard
- Ravenglass Roman fort bath-house, also known as Walls Castle
- Ravenglass Roman fort
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 840m north west of Redgill Head
- Black Beck North prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 950m SSW of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Black Beck
- Cairnfield including a prehistoric enclosure, 5 stone circles, 10 funerary cairns, 6 stone banks, 2 stone walls, a lynchet and a trackway on Burnmoor
- Barnscar prehistoric cairnfield, two hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, and a Romano-British farmstead, trackway and field system
- Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 600m ENE of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system north of Pike How, 650m west of High Ground
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 760m NNE of Stainton
- Prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, hut circles, Romano-British farmstead and a medieval field system, 1.1km SE of Stainton
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground
- Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 950m north of Rowantree Force
- Stainton Ling prehistoric hut circle settlement, associated field systems, cairnfields, funerary cairns, and a medieval field system and two shielings
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 540m south west of The Knott
- Roman kilns
- Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield and a funerary cairn 400m south east of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well
- Prehistoric enclosure south of The Intake, 920m south east of Stainton
- Prehisitoric cairnfield 850m north west of Woodend Bridge
- Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat
- Prehistoric round cairn on Whitfell
- Prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, hut circles and a farmstead on Corney Fell, 440m north west of Buckbarow Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 630m east of the confluence of Hall Beck and Devoke Water
- Prehistoric enclosure containing ten clearance cairns south west of Boat How, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfield south west of Water Crag, 290m north west of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Devoke Water
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 330m south of The Knott
- Mecklin Park cairnfield, 500m north of Ain House
- Three prehistoric cairnfields and an associated field system on Corney Fell, 1.2km south east of High Corney
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 740m south west of Rowantree Force
- Smallstone Beck prehistoric cairnfield 410m east of Birkerthwaite
- Great Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 710m south east of Birkerthwaite
- Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor
- High cross in St Mary's churchyard
- Prehistoric enclosure containing three hut circles and eight clearance cairns and an adjacent hut circle and cairnfield north east of Boat How, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric long cairn on Stainton Fell, 940m north east of Rowantree Force
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system south west of Birkby Fell, 750m north east of The Knott
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Corney Fell, 620m south east of Lambground
- Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well
- Green How West unenclosed prehistoric hut circle settlement 540m NNE of Birkerthwaite
- Prehistoric cairnfield immediately south of Birkerthwaite
- Gray Borran group of cairns
- Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Hesk Fell 800m north of Holehouse Bridge
- Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of Swinside
- Drigg Holme packhorse bridge
- Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 350m west of The Knott
- Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield 375m east of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 800m north west and 800m north of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 360m south east of Raven Crag
- Sike Moss prehistoric cairnfield and two ring cairns 215m north east of Woodend Bridge
- Prehistoric cairnfield 420m south east of the triangulation pillar on Rough Crag
- Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 660m north of Rowantree Force
- Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and hut circle east of Water Crag
- Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Waberthwaite Fell, on the north bank of Charlesground Gill, 880m south east of High Corney
- Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell
- Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor
- Infell Wood medieval enclosure, 550m north west of Scargreen
- Prehistoric enclosure north of Little Pie, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and a funerary cairn 520m south of Barnscar settlement
- Seaton nunnery (site of)
- Prehistoric cairnfield 570m south west of Barnscar settlement
- Prehistoric cairnfield and enclosure 750m west of Barnscar settlement
- Hare Gill prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement and associated field system 715m SSE of Fisher Gate
- Cairnfield including a funerary cairn, standing stone and three stone banks south of Eller How, Burnmoor
- Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle Fell
- Prehistoric cairnfield, field system, two funerary cairns, a Romano-British farmstead, field system and a post-medieval haematite mine at Brantrake Moss
- Prehistoric cairnfield 660m north east of Barnscar settlement
- High cross shaft, high cross head, and high cross base in St Michael and All Angels churchyard
- Prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement, field system, funerary cairn, and a medieval shieling on Birkby Fell west of Devoke Water
- High cross shaft in St John's churchyard
