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