Holme St Cuthbert is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Holme St Cuthbert

There are great places to visit near Holme St Cuthbert 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.

Holme St Cuthbert's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

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

Ancient Sites to visit near Holme St Cuthbert include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

There are a several good ruins in the Holme St Cuthbert area 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.

Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are great places to visit near Holme St Cuthbert if you like old mines.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Holme St Cuthbert area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

The area around Holme St Cuthbert boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

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

Woodlands to visit near Holme St Cuthbert include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Holme St Cuthbert has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Holme St Cuthbert'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.

Holme St Cuthbert's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

The area around Holme St Cuthbert features a number of interesting 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.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Holme St Cuthbert including Fairy Steps.

Caves to visit near Holme St Cuthbert include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Bluebell Woods to visit near Holme St Cuthbert include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

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

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

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

Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Holme St Cuthbert if you like islands.

Holme St Cuthbert History

There are some historic monuments around Holme St Cuthbert:

• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Enclosure 1/2 mile (800m) S of Wolsty
• Prehistoric enclosure and trackway south of Wolsty Hall
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Skinburness (milefortlet 9), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, and earlier Roman camp
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Dubmill Point milefortlet 17, 560m WNW of Hill House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Prehistoric enclosure and hut circle, a Romano-British enclosure, and a Romano-British farmstead and associated field system north of Wolsty Hall
• Silloth Golf Course tower 12b, 410m north west of Heatherbank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Westnewton Castle
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Blitterlees (milefortlet 12), part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Allonby saltpan
• Netherhall
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Mawbray Sandpit tower 16b, 680m WSW of Hailforth, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Moated site of Wolsty Castle
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Bank Mill tower 15a, 250m north west of Belmont House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Silloth Golf Course tower 12a, 670m WNW of Blitterlees Farm, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House
• Wolsty North tower 13a, 500m south west of Wolsty Farm, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Beckfoot Roman fort
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Palisade ditches, part of Roman frontier defences along Cumbrian coast, Roman camp & road and part of Romano-British field system,250m north of Silloth Farm
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman fortlet 40m SSW of Castle Fields
• Wolsty South tower 13b, 200m WNW of New House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort