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