Laversdale is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Laversdale postcode: CA6 4PJ

Retail in Laversdale

There are great places to visit near Laversdale 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.

Hills to visit near Laversdale include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

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

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

Laversdale 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.

Laversdale's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.

Don't miss Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry's old mines if visiting the area around Laversdale.

Laversdale has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Laversdale.

The area around Laversdale features a number of interesting lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Laversdale features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

There are a number of towns near Laversdale including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

The area around Laversdale features a number of interesting mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of castles near Laversdale including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are great places to visit near Laversdale if you like historic buildings.

Places near Laversdale feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

There are a several good caves in the Laversdale area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the Laversdale area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

There are a number of nature reserves near to Laversdale including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area around Laversdale's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

There are a several good islands in the area around Laversdale like Piel Island.

Laversdale History

There are some historic monuments around Laversdale:

• 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 Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Castle Hill
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• 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
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60