Ellenborough is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Ellenborough postcode: CA15 7QH

Retail in Ellenborough

There are great places to visit near Ellenborough 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.

There are a several good hills in the Ellenborough area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Ellenborough 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 Ellenborough features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

The area around Ellenborough boasts some of the best ancient sites including 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 number of ruins near Ellenborough 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.

There are a several good old mines in the Ellenborough 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.

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

Lakes to visit near Ellenborough include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Ellenborough boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

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

Mountains to visit near Ellenborough include 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 great places to visit near Ellenborough if you like castles.

The area around Ellenborough boasts some of the best historic buildings including Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Ellenborough is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,

There are a number of caves near Ellenborough including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

The area around Ellenborough features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Places near Ellenborough feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area around Ellenborough's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

The area around Ellenborough's best islands can be found at Piel Island.

Ellenborough History

There are some historic monuments around Ellenborough:

• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, 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
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Burrow Walls Roman fort
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Allonby saltpan
• Netherhall
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Mawbray Sandpit tower 16b, 680m WSW of Hailforth, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• 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
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road