Crosscanonby is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Crosscanonby

There are great places to visit near Crosscanonby 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.

Hills to visit near Crosscanonby include 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 Crosscanonby.

Crosscanonby's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

The area around Crosscanonby features a number of interesting ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Crosscanonby 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.

Crosscanonby 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.

Crosscanonby has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like 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 Crosscanonby including 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 Crosscanonby best lakes to visit near Crosscanonby.

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

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are great places to visit near Crosscanonby if you like towns.

Mountains to visit near Crosscanonby include 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 Crosscanonby including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Crosscanonby's best nearby historic buildings can be found at 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 several good historic monuments in the area around Crosscanonby like Fairy Steps.

The area around Crosscanonby features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Don't miss Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Crosscanonby.

Nature Reserves to visit near Crosscanonby include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area around Crosscanonby's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

Places near Crosscanonby feature a number of interesting islands including Piel Island.

Crosscanonby History

There are some historic monuments around Crosscanonby:

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