Kirkby Lonsdale
Kirkby Lonsdale is a Village in the county of Cumbria.
There are great places to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale 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.
The area around Kirkby Lonsdale boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Kirkby Lonsdale best hiking areas to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale if you like villages.
Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are some of Kirkby Lonsdale best ancient sites to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale.
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 Kirkby Lonsdale best ruins to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale.
The area around Kirkby Lonsdale boasts some of the best old mines including Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
The area around Kirkby Lonsdale features a number of interesting waterfalls including 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 Kirkby Lonsdale including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Kirkby Lonsdale.
The area around Kirkby Lonsdale boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
The area around Kirkby Lonsdale boasts some of the best towns including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Kirkby Lonsdale has some unmissable mountains nearby 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 Kirkby Lonsdale if you like castles.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Kirkby Lonsdale 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.
The area close to Kirkby Lonsdale boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Kirkby Lonsdale best caves to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale.
Don't miss Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Kirkby Lonsdale.
Nature Reserves to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Places near Kirkby Lonsdale feature a number of interesting disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Kirkby Lonsdale's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
The area around Kirkby Lonsdale's best islands can be found at Piel Island.
Kirkby Lonsdale History
There are some historic monuments around Kirkby Lonsdale:
