Kingmoor is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Kingmoor

There are great places to visit near Kingmoor 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.

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

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 Kingmoor.

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

There are a number of ancient sites near Kingmoor including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

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 are some of Kingmoor best ruins to visit near Kingmoor.

There are a several good old mines in the Kingmoor 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.

Kingmoor'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.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near Kingmoor if you like rivers and streams.

Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Kingmoor.

Don't miss Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Kingmoor.

Kingmoor's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Kingmoor best mountains to visit near Kingmoor.

The area around Kingmoor features a number of interesting castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a number of historic buildings near Kingmoor 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.

Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Kingmoor.

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

There are a number of bluebell woods near Kingmoor including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area around Kingmoor's best nature reserves can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Kingmoor include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a several good airports in the Kingmoor area like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

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

Kingmoor History

There are some historic monuments around Kingmoor:

• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway west of Kirkandrews Farm and the dismantled railway south east of Burgh by Sands in wall miles 70 and 71
• Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• City wall, NE side
• Rockcliffe Cross
• Settlement 500yds (460m) SE of Cardew Hill
• Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• Hadrian's Wall between the field boundary to the south of the site of St Andrew's Church and Eden Bank at Beaumont in wall miles 69 and 70
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire
• Park House Roman fort
• Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
• Beaumont motte castle and section of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 70 including turret 70a
• Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Roman fort and watch tower, 800m SSW of Amberfield
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Settlement 60m E of Ghyll Head
• Bishop's Dyke
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68
• Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Hadrian's Wall between Grinsdale and the field boundary south of the site of St Andrew's Church, Kirkandrews on Eden in wall miles 68 and 69
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between east side of road at Burgh Head, and boundary south of Ash Tree Square, Burgh-by-Sands in wall miles 71 and 72
• Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Mill Beck and the field boundary east of Kirkandrews Farm in wall mile 69
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64