Cotehill is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Cotehill postcode: CA4 0EE

Retail in Cotehill

There are great places to visit near Cotehill 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 Cotehill best hills to visit near Cotehill.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Cotehill best hiking areas to visit near Cotehill.

Cotehill has some unmissable villages nearby like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Cotehill's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Cotehill has some unmissable ruins nearby 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.

Cotehill's best nearby old mines can be found at Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

There are a number of waterfalls near Cotehill 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 great places to visit near Cotehill if you like rivers and streams.

There are a several good lakes in the Cotehill area like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

There are a number of woodlands near Cotehill including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

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

Cotehill has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a several good castles in the Cotehill area like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Cotehill has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Places near Cotehill feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

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

Bluebell Woods to visit near Cotehill include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

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

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

The area around Cotehill boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area close to Cotehill boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Cotehill History

There are some historic monuments around Cotehill:

• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Roman camp 200m south west of Knowe Farm
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Park House Roman fort
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Village settlement and circular enclosure on Lazonby Fell
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Polygonal prehistoric enclosure and associated field system at Petterilbank Cottages
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Petteril Green Romano-British farmstead, associated field system and two trackways
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Castle Hill
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64