Irthington is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Irthington

There are great places to visit near Irthington 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.

Irthington has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Irthington area like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Irthington's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

There are a number of ancient sites near Irthington including 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 number of ruins near Irthington including 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 Irthington if you like old mines.

Irthington'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 Irthington 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 great places to visit near Irthington if you like lakes.

The area around Irthington boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

There are a several good towns in the Irthington area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Irthington'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.

Irthington has some unmissable castles nearby like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a several good historic buildings in the Irthington 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.

Fairy Steps is a great place to visit close to Irthington if you like historic monuments.

Don't miss Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel's caves if visiting the area around Irthington.

Don't miss Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Irthington.

Places near Irthington feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Irthington like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Irthington has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area around Irthington's best islands can be found at Piel Island.

Irthington History

There are some historic monuments around Irthington:

• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Lanercost Bridge
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Boothby Roman fort
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Castle Hill
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56