Greysouthen is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Greysouthen

There are great places to visit near Greysouthen 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.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks's hills if visiting the area around Greysouthen.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell's hiking areas if visiting the area around Greysouthen.

Don't miss Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer's villages if visiting the area around Greysouthen.

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

Greysouthen's best nearby ruins can be found at 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 Greysouthen 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.

Greysouthen's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Greysouthen area like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Greysouthen best lakes to visit near Greysouthen.

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

There are a number of towns near Greysouthen including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Greysouthen.

There are a number of castles near Greysouthen including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a several good historic buildings in the Greysouthen area 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.

Places near Greysouthen feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

The area around Greysouthen boasts some of the best caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Greysouthen if you like bluebell woods.

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Greysouthen like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Places near Greysouthen feature a number of interesting disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a number of airports near Greysouthen including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Don't miss Piel Island's islands if visiting the area around Greysouthen.

Greysouthen History

There are some historic monuments around Greysouthen:

• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, 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
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Round cairn 75m north east of summit of Carling Knott
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Allonby saltpan
• Netherhall
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Tute Hill motte
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill