Crosby Villa is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Crosby Villa postcode: CA15 6TL

Retail in Crosby Villa

There are great places to visit near Crosby Villa 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.

Crosby Villa has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Crosby Villa's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Crosby Villa.

Ancient Sites to visit near Crosby Villa include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Crosby Villa.

Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Crosby Villa.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Crosby Villa area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

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 Crosby Villa.

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

Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are some of Crosby Villa best woodlands to visit near Crosby Villa.

Crosby Villa'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 Villa including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Castles to visit near Crosby Villa include 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 some of Crosby Villa best historic buildings to visit near Crosby Villa.

The area close to Crosby Villa boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Crosby Villa best caves to visit near Crosby Villa.

Crosby Villa's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

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

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

Airports to visit near Crosby Villa include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

There are a number of islands near to Crosby Villa including Piel Island.

Crosby Villa History

There are some historic monuments around Crosby Villa:

• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Enclosure 1/2 mile (800m) S of Wolsty
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Westnewton Castle
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Beckfoot Roman fort
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Allonby saltpan
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Bank Mill tower 15a, 250m north west of Belmont House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Tute Hill motte
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Netherhall
• Mawbray Sandpit tower 16b, 680m WSW of Hailforth, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Roman fortlet 40m SSW of Castle Fields
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Dubmill Point milefortlet 17, 560m WNW of Hill House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods