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.
There are a several good hills in the Kirkby Lonsdale area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
The area around Kirkby Lonsdale features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Kirkby Lonsdale's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Kirkby Lonsdale has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Kirkby Lonsdale.
There are a several good old mines in the Kirkby Lonsdale 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.
Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are some of Kirkby Lonsdale best waterfalls to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale include 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 Kirkby Lonsdale if you like lakes.
There are a several good woodlands in the Kirkby Lonsdale area like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Don't miss Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen's towns if visiting the area around Kirkby Lonsdale.
The area around Kirkby Lonsdale boasts some of the best mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Kirkby Lonsdale has some unmissable castles nearby like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
The area around Kirkby Lonsdale 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 Kirkby Lonsdale including Fairy Steps.
Kirkby Lonsdale has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale if you like bluebell woods.
The area close to Kirkby Lonsdale boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Kirkby Lonsdale's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Kirkby Lonsdale.
There are a number of airports near Kirkby Lonsdale including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Islands to visit near Kirkby Lonsdale include Piel Island.
Kirkby Lonsdale History
There are some historic monuments around Kirkby Lonsdale:
