Etterby is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Etterby postcode: CA3 9PZ

Retail in Etterby

There are great places to visit near Etterby 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 Etterby features a number of interesting hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Etterby if you like hiking areas.

The area around Etterby features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Etterby area like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

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 are great places to visit near Etterby if you like ruins.

Old Mines to visit near Etterby include Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Etterby has some unmissable waterfalls nearby 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 great places to visit near Etterby if you like rivers and streams.

Etterby has some unmissable lakes nearby like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

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

Mountains to visit near Etterby 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 Etterby if you like castles.

The area around Etterby 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.

The area around Etterby's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Etterby best caves to visit near Etterby.

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

There are a number of nature reserves near to Etterby including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

The area around Etterby boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Places near Etterby feature a number of interesting islands including Piel Island.

Etterby History

There are some historic monuments around Etterby:

• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
• Settlement 500yds (460m) SE of Cardew Hill
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• Bishop's Dyke
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton
• Rockcliffe Cross
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Mill Beck and the field boundary east of Kirkandrews Farm in wall mile 69
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway west of Kirkandrews Farm and the dismantled railway south east of Burgh by Sands in wall miles 70 and 71
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• Park House Roman fort
• Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• Beaumont motte castle and section of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 70 including turret 70a
• Hadrian's Wall between Grinsdale and the field boundary south of the site of St Andrew's Church, Kirkandrews on Eden in wall miles 68 and 69
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between east side of road at Burgh Head, and boundary south of Ash Tree Square, Burgh-by-Sands in wall miles 71 and 72
• Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68
• Roman fort and watch tower, 800m SSW of Amberfield
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
• Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68
• Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71
• Hadrian's Wall between the field boundary to the south of the site of St Andrew's Church and Eden Bank at Beaumont in wall miles 69 and 70
• City wall, NE side
• Scaleby Castle moated site