Ewanrigg is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Ewanrigg postcode: CA15 8LG

Retail in Ewanrigg

There are great places to visit near Ewanrigg 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.

Hills to visit near Ewanrigg include 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 Ewanrigg if you like hiking areas.

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

There are a number of ancient sites near Ewanrigg including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Ewanrigg has some unmissable ruins nearby 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 Ewanrigg 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.

Waterfalls to visit near Ewanrigg include 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 Ewanrigg best rivers and streams to visit near Ewanrigg.

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

There are a number of woodlands near Ewanrigg including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

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

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Ewanrigg if you like mountains.

Ewanrigg's best nearby castles can be found at 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 great places to visit near Ewanrigg if you like historic buildings.

Fairy Steps is one of Ewanrigg's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Ewanrigg.

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

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Ewanrigg best bluebell woods to visit near Ewanrigg.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Ewanrigg.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Ewanrigg's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Ewanrigg.

Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around Ewanrigg.

Islands to visit near Ewanrigg include Piel Island.

Ewanrigg History

There are some historic monuments around Ewanrigg:

• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End 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
• 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
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Netherhall
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Dubmill Point milefortlet 17, 560m WNW of Hill House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Allonby saltpan
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Burrow Walls Roman fort
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• 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