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.

Hills to visit near Greysouthen include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Greysouthen boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Greysouthen 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 Greysouthen.

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.

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

There are a number of rivers and streams near Greysouthen including 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.

Greysouthen's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Don't miss Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen's towns if visiting the area around Greysouthen.

There are a several good mountains in the Greysouthen area like 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 Greysouthen if you like castles.

Don't miss Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct's historic buildings if visiting the area around Greysouthen.

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

Greysouthen has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the Greysouthen area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Nature Reserves to visit near Greysouthen include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Greysouthen.

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

Piel Island is one of Greysouthen's best, nearby islands to visit in Greysouthen.

Greysouthen History

There are some historic monuments around Greysouthen:

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