Crosby-on-Eden is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Crosby-on-Eden

There are great places to visit near Crosby-on-Eden 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.

The area around Crosby-on-Eden boasts some of the best hills 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 Crosby-on-Eden.

The area around Crosby-on-Eden features a number of interesting villages 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 Crosby-on-Eden best ancient sites to visit near Crosby-on-Eden.

The area around Crosby-on-Eden 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.

Old Mines to visit near Crosby-on-Eden include 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 Crosby-on-Eden including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Crosby-on-Eden include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Crosby-on-Eden best lakes to visit near Crosby-on-Eden.

Crosby-on-Eden has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Crosby-on-Eden's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a number of mountains near Crosby-on-Eden including 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 great places to visit near Crosby-on-Eden if you like castles.

There are a number of historic buildings near Crosby-on-Eden 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 Crosby-on-Eden including Fairy Steps.

Caves to visit near Crosby-on-Eden include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a number of bluebell woods near Crosby-on-Eden including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Nature Reserves to visit near Crosby-on-Eden include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Crosby-on-Eden include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Crosby-on-Eden's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Piel Island is one of Crosby-on-Eden's best, nearby islands to visit in Crosby-on-Eden.

Crosby-on-Eden History

There are some historic monuments around Crosby-on-Eden:

• Park House Roman fort
• 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
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• 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
• 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
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• 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
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• City wall, NE side
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• 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
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Castle Hill
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60