Dearham is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Dearham

There are great places to visit near Dearham 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 Dearham include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Dearham features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

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

Ruins to visit near Dearham include 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.

Dearham 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.

Dearham's best nearby waterfalls can be found at 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 some of Dearham best rivers and streams to visit near Dearham.

Dearham has some unmissable lakes nearby like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Don't miss Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Dearham.

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

Mountains to visit near Dearham 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 Dearham 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 some of Dearham best historic buildings to visit near Dearham.

Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Dearham.

Dearham has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Dearham has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area around Dearham's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Dearham.

There are a number of airports near Dearham including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

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

Dearham History

There are some historic monuments around Dearham:

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