Dovenby is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Dovenby postcode: CA13 0PJ

Retail in Dovenby

There are great places to visit near Dovenby 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.

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

Hiking Areas to visit near Dovenby include Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of villages near Dovenby including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Dovenby.

There are a number of ruins near Dovenby including 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.

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 Dovenby.

Dovenby'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.

Dovenby has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

The area around Dovenby features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Dovenby features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

The area around Dovenby boasts some of the best towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

The area around Dovenby boasts some of the best mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Dovenby best castles to visit near Dovenby.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Dovenby 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 Dovenby if you like historic monuments.

Dovenby's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Dovenby if you like bluebell woods.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Dovenby's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Dovenby.

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

Dovenby's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area close to Dovenby boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Dovenby History

There are some historic monuments around Dovenby:

• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east 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
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Netherhall
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Allonby saltpan
• 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
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Tute Hill motte
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Westnewton Castle