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.

Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are some of Corby Hill best hills to visit near Corby Hill.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Corby Hill area 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 great places to visit near Corby Hill if you like ancient sites.

The area around Corby Hill 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.

Corby Hill 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 Corby Hill boasts some of the best waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Corby Hill best rivers and streams to visit near Corby Hill.

Corby Hill has some unmissable lakes nearby like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Corby Hill features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

The area around Corby Hill features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Corby Hill if you like mountains.

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

Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are great places to visit near Corby Hill if you like historic buildings.

Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Corby Hill.

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

Corby Hill has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

There are a number of nature reserves near to Corby Hill including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Corby Hill's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Corby Hill.

Corby Hill's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Corby Hill is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Corby Hill History

There are some historic monuments around Corby Hill:

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