Bowness on Windermere is a Town in the county of Cumbria.

Bowness on Windermere postcode: LA23 3BY

Retail in Bowness on Windermere

There are great places to visit near Bowness on Windermere 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.

The area around Bowness on Windermere features a number of interesting hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Bowness on Windermere has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

Bowness on Windermere has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Bowness on Windermere's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.

Bowness on Windermere has some unmissable old mines nearby 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.

The area around Bowness on Windermere features a number of interesting waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

The area around Bowness on Windermere features a number of interesting rivers and streams including 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 Bowness on Windermere including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

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

Bowness on Windermere'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.

Bowness on Windermere's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

The area around Bowness on Windermere 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.

Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Bowness on Windermere.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are great places to visit near Bowness on Windermere if you like caves.

There are a number of bluebell woods near Bowness on Windermere including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Bowness on Windermere's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Bowness on Windermere.

The area around Bowness on Windermere's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a number of airports near Bowness on Windermere including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Piel Island is one of Bowness on Windermere's best, nearby islands to visit in Bowness on Windermere.

Bowness on Windermere History

There are some historic monuments around Bowness on Windermere:

• Round cairn 75m east of Hagg Gill
• Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm
• Prehistoric rock art, 150m south west of Nook End
• Ambleside Roman fort, associated vicus and Roman road
• Round cairn 180m east of Rydal Beck
• Settlement on W slope of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park
• Stott Park bobbin mill, two mill ponds and site of Stott Park smithy
• Southern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park
• Round cairn 80m east of Hagg Gill
• Newby Bridge
• Round cairn 200m south-south-west of Bluegill Fold
• Round cairn 15m east of Hagg Gill
• Millrigg Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement
• Northern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park
• Winster potash pit
• Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and Romano-British farmstead north west of Tongue House Barn.
• Slight univallate hillfort on Allen Knott
• Round cairn 60m east of Hagg Gill
• Round cairn 250m south-south-west of Bluegill Fold
• Tower of ruined church of St Catherine
• Romano-British settlement, 450m east of High Borrans
• Low Kingate concentric stone circle