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.

Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are some of Dovenby best hills to visit near Dovenby.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Dovenby area like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

There are a several good ancient sites in the Dovenby area like 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 Dovenby 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.

Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are great places to visit near Dovenby if you like old mines.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Dovenby area like 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 Dovenby best rivers and streams to visit near Dovenby.

Dovenby's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Dovenby has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

The area around Dovenby features a number of interesting towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Dovenby's best nearby mountains can be found at Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Dovenby has some unmissable castles nearby like 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 Dovenby best historic buildings to visit near Dovenby.

The area close to Dovenby boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

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

There are a number of bluebell woods near Dovenby including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

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

There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Dovenby like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Dovenby if you like islands.

Dovenby History

There are some historic monuments around Dovenby:

• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Allonby saltpan
• Tute Hill motte
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Westnewton Castle
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Netherhall
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, 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
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road