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.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks's hills if visiting the area around Bowness on Windermere.

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

The area around Bowness on Windermere features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Bowness on Windermere area like 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 several good ruins in the Bowness on Windermere area like 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.

Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are some of Bowness on Windermere best old mines to visit near Bowness on Windermere.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Bowness on Windermere area like 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 several good lakes in the Bowness on Windermere area like 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.

The area around Bowness on Windermere boasts some of the best towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a several good mountains in the Bowness on Windermere area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Bowness on Windermere has some unmissable castles nearby like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a number of historic buildings near Bowness on Windermere 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.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Bowness on Windermere including Fairy Steps.

Bowness on Windermere's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the Bowness on Windermere area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Bowness on Windermere if you like nature reserves.

There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Bowness on Windermere like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

The area around Bowness on Windermere's best islands can be found at Piel Island.

Bowness on Windermere History

There are some historic monuments around Bowness on Windermere:

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