Retail in Newby
There are great places to visit near Newby 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 Newby 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 Newby best hiking areas to visit near Newby.
The area around Newby features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
The area around Newby boasts some of the best ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
The area around Newby features a number of interesting ruins including 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.
Newby's best nearby old mines can be found at Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
There are a several good waterfalls in the Newby area 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 Newby.
Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Newby.
Woodlands to visit near Newby include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Newby's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
There are a several good mountains in the Newby area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
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 Newby.
Historic Buildings to visit near Newby 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 Newby include Fairy Steps.
There are a several good caves in the Newby area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Newby's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
The area close to Newby boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Newby like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a number of airports near Newby including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Islands to visit near Newby include Piel Island.
Newby History
There are some historic monuments around Newby:
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Hollin Stump round cairn
- Round cairn 300m west of Lyvennet Beck
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Kirkby Thore Roman Fort and Associated Vicus
- The Countess Pillar
- Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race
- Bowl barrow on Iron Hill
- Farmstead 700yds (640m) NNW of Redlands Bank
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Crosby Ravensworth churchyard cross
- Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Medieval shieling south of Cow Green
- Keld Chapel
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow Green
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Crake Trees tower house
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Round cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Howarcles Romano-British settlement
- Lyvennet bowl barrow
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Bowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High Haber
- Oddendale concentric stone circle
- Clifton Hall tower
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Raise Howe cairn
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow Green
- Roman camp, 350m east of Redlands Bank
- Hanging Walls of Mark Anthony
- Bowl barrow 20m east of Ravens' Gill
- Round cairn on Dale Moor
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby Gill
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielings
- Cow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shieling
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Ewe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman road
- Buck Park deerpound
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar
- Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack Moor
- Round cairn 690m south-east of Gaythorne Cottages
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Bowl barrow 60m south-west of Gaythorne Hall
- Romano-British settlement and Romano-British farmstead north-east and east of Gilts
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Bowl barrow 70m south of Iron Hill
- Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts
- Cow Green long barrow
- King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well
- Ravens Gill Romano-British farmstead
- Three bowl barrows east of Ravens' Gill
- Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Round cairn 600m south-east of Gaythorne Cottages
- Small stone circle on White Hag
- Bowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Roman milestone, 180m north west of Spitals
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Ewe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielings
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Bowl barrow 25m east of Ravens' Gill
- Burwens Romano-British settlement and associated field system
