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.

There are a number of hills near Irthington including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Irthington has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Irthington boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

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

Irthington has some unmissable ruins nearby 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.

Irthington has some unmissable old mines nearby 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.

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.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Irthington include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

The area around Irthington boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

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

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Irthington best towns to visit near Irthington.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Irthington if you like mountains.

Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Irthington.

Historic Buildings to visit near Irthington include Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Historic Monuments to visit near Irthington include Fairy Steps.

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Irthington best caves to visit near Irthington.

The area around Irthington features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Irthington.

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

Airports to visit near Irthington include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area close to Irthington boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Irthington History

There are some historic monuments around Irthington:

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