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.

There are a several good hills in the Cotehill area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Cotehill boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of villages near Cotehill including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Cotehill.

There are a number of ruins near Cotehill 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 some of Cotehill best old mines to visit near Cotehill.

Waterfalls to visit near Cotehill include 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 Cotehill including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

There are a number of lakes near Cotehill including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are great places to visit near Cotehill if you like woodlands.

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

The area around Cotehill boasts some of the best mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of castles near Cotehill 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 Cotehill if you like historic buildings.

Historic Monuments to visit near Cotehill include Fairy Steps.

There are a number of caves near Cotehill including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

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

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Cotehill if you like disused railway lines.

The area around Cotehill features a number of interesting airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

There are a several good islands in the area around Cotehill like Piel Island.

Cotehill History

There are some historic monuments around Cotehill:

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