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.

There are a number of hills near Bowness on Windermere including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell's hiking areas if visiting the area around Bowness on Windermere.

Bowness on Windermere's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are some of Bowness on Windermere best ancient sites to visit near Bowness on Windermere.

The area around Bowness on Windermere boasts some of the best ruins 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.

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 great places to visit near Bowness on Windermere if you like old mines.

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.

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

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

Woodlands to visit near Bowness on Windermere include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Bowness on Windermere best towns to visit near Bowness on Windermere.

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.

The area around Bowness on Windermere features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

The area around Bowness on Windermere features a number of interesting 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.

The area close to Bowness on Windermere boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

There are a several good caves in the Bowness on Windermere area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

Bowness on Windermere is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

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

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Bowness on Windermere best airports to visit near Bowness on Windermere.

The area close to Bowness on Windermere boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Bowness on Windermere History

There are some historic monuments around Bowness on Windermere:

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