Skelsmergh
Skelsmergh is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.
Skelsmergh postcode: LA9 6NX
There are great places to visit near Skelsmergh 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.
Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are great places to visit near Skelsmergh if you like hills.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Skelsmergh best hiking areas to visit near Skelsmergh.
There are a number of villages near Skelsmergh including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Ancient Sites to visit near Skelsmergh 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 Skelsmergh 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 some of Skelsmergh best old mines to visit near Skelsmergh.
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 Skelsmergh.
There are a number of rivers and streams near Skelsmergh including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
The area around Skelsmergh boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
The area around Skelsmergh boasts some of the best woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
There are a several good towns in the Skelsmergh area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Skelsmergh if you like mountains.
Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Skelsmergh best castles to visit near Skelsmergh.
Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are some of Skelsmergh best historic buildings to visit near Skelsmergh.
Places near Skelsmergh feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
There are a number of caves near Skelsmergh including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Skelsmergh has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Skelsmergh like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Skelsmergh's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Skelsmergh.
Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around Skelsmergh.
There are a number of islands near to Skelsmergh including Piel Island.
Skelsmergh History
There are some historic monuments around Skelsmergh:
