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.

The area around Dearham features a number of interesting hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

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

Villages to visit near Dearham include Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

There are a number of ancient sites near Dearham including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Dearham's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.

There are a number of old mines near Dearham including Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are great places to visit near Dearham if you like waterfalls.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Dearham 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 Dearham 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 some of Dearham best woodlands to visit near Dearham.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Dearham best towns to visit near Dearham.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Dearham best mountains to visit near Dearham.

The area around Dearham features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a several good historic buildings in the Dearham area like Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Fairy Steps is a great place to visit close to Dearham if you like historic monuments.

Don't miss Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel's caves if visiting the area around Dearham.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Dearham best bluebell woods to visit near Dearham.

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

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

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Dearham if you like airports.

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

Dearham History

There are some historic monuments around Dearham:

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