Corby Hill is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Corby Hill postcode: CA4 8PN

Retail in Corby Hill

There are great places to visit near Corby Hill 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.

Hills to visit near Corby Hill include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Corby Hill 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 number of villages near Corby Hill including 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 Corby Hill best ancient sites to visit near Corby Hill.

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 are great places to visit near Corby Hill if you like ruins.

The area around Corby Hill features a number of interesting old mines including Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Don't miss Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Corby Hill.

Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Corby Hill.

Lakes to visit near Corby Hill include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Don't miss Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Corby Hill.

There are a number of towns near Corby Hill including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Corby Hill has some unmissable mountains nearby like 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 Corby Hill best castles to visit near Corby Hill.

The area around Corby Hill 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.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Corby Hill including Fairy Steps.

The area around Corby Hill boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Corby Hill if you like bluebell woods.

Places near Corby Hill feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a number of disused railway lines near to Corby Hill including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Corby Hill best airports to visit near Corby Hill.

There are a number of islands near to Corby Hill including Piel Island.

Corby Hill History

There are some historic monuments around Corby Hill:

• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Castle Hill
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Park House Roman fort
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56