Oughterside is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Oughterside postcode: CA7 2PR

Retail in Oughterside

There are great places to visit near Oughterside 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.

Oughterside has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Oughterside's best nearby hiking areas can be found at 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 Oughterside best villages to visit near Oughterside.

The area around Oughterside 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.

Oughterside'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.

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 some of Oughterside best old mines to visit near Oughterside.

There are a number of waterfalls near Oughterside including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are great places to visit near Oughterside if you like rivers and streams.

There are a number of lakes near Oughterside including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Oughterside has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Oughterside's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Oughterside.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Oughterside best castles to visit near Oughterside.

Oughterside 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.

The area close to Oughterside boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

Caves to visit near Oughterside include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Oughterside like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Oughterside like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Oughterside if you like airports.

There are a number of islands near to Oughterside including Piel Island.

Oughterside History

There are some historic monuments around Oughterside:

• Allonby saltpan
• Romano-British farmstead 250m ENE of Belmont House
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Prehistoric enclosure and hut circle, a Romano-British enclosure, and a Romano-British farmstead and associated field system north of Wolsty Hall
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Mawbray Sandpit tower 16b, 680m WSW of Hailforth, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Bank Mill tower 15a, 250m north west of Belmont House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 1/2 mile (800m) S of Wolsty
• Moated site of Wolsty Castle
• St Mary's Abbey, Holmcultram
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Dubmill Point milefortlet 17, 560m WNW of Hill House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• St Mungo's Castle
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Tute Hill motte
• Beckfoot Roman fort
• Wolsty South tower 13b, 200m WNW of New House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Prehistoric enclosure and trackway south of Wolsty Hall
• Large regular stone circle 240m ENE of Elva Plain
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Westnewton Castle
• Roman fortlet 40m SSW of Castle Fields
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wolsty North tower 13a, 500m south west of Wolsty Farm, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast