Grange-Over-Sands
Grange-Over-Sands is a Village in the county of Cumbria.
Grange-Over-Sands postcode: LA11 6
There are great places to visit near Grange-Over-Sands 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 number of hills near Grange-Over-Sands 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 some of Grange-Over-Sands best hiking areas to visit near Grange-Over-Sands.
The area around Grange-Over-Sands boasts some of the best villages 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 Grange-Over-Sands.
Ruins to visit near Grange-Over-Sands 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.
Old Mines to visit near Grange-Over-Sands 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.
Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Grange-Over-Sands best waterfalls to visit near Grange-Over-Sands.
River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near Grange-Over-Sands if you like rivers and streams.
Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are great places to visit near Grange-Over-Sands if you like lakes.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are some of Grange-Over-Sands best woodlands to visit near Grange-Over-Sands.
There are a number of towns near Grange-Over-Sands including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Grange-Over-Sands'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.
There are a several good castles in the Grange-Over-Sands area like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
Grange-Over-Sands has some unmissable historic buildings nearby 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 one of Grange-Over-Sands's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Grange-Over-Sands.
There are a several good caves in the Grange-Over-Sands area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Grange-Over-Sands best bluebell woods to visit near Grange-Over-Sands.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Grange-Over-Sands like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
The area close to Grange-Over-Sands boasts some of the best disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a number of airports near Grange-Over-Sands including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Islands to visit near Grange-Over-Sands include Piel Island.
Grange-Over-Sands History
There are some historic monuments around Grange-Over-Sands:
