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 has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Dearham boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Dearham's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

There are a several good ruins in the Dearham area 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.

There are a several good old mines in the Dearham area 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.

Don't miss Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Dearham.

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 Dearham.

There are a several good lakes in the Dearham area like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Dearham's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Towns to visit near Dearham include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a several good mountains in the Dearham area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

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).

Dearham has some unmissable historic buildings nearby 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.

Dearham is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,

There are a several good caves in the Dearham area like 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 Dearham.

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Dearham like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

Dearham has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

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

Dearham History

There are some historic monuments around Dearham:

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