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