Retail in Thrimby
There are great places to visit near Thrimby 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 Thrimby.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Thrimby best hiking areas to visit near Thrimby.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are great places to visit near Thrimby if you like villages.
Ancient Sites to visit near Thrimby include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
Thrimby has some unmissable ruins nearby 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.
There are a number of old mines near Thrimby 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.
The area around Thrimby features a number of interesting waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Thrimby 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.
There are a number of lakes near Thrimby including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
There are a several good woodlands in the Thrimby area like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
There are a number of towns near Thrimby including 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 Thrimby if you like mountains.
Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Thrimby.
The area around Thrimby features a number of interesting historic buildings 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 Thrimby boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
There are a several good caves in the Thrimby area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
The area around Thrimby features a number of interesting 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 Thrimby.
There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Thrimby like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Airports to visit near Thrimby include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
There are a several good islands in the area around Thrimby like Piel Island.
Thrimby History
There are some historic monuments around Thrimby:
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Small stone circle on White Hag
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings
- Little Round Table henge
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Bowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High Haber
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Medieval shieling south of Cow Green
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Buck Park deerpound
- Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack Moor
- Round cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- The Countess Pillar
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road
- Cow Green long barrow
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Bowl barrow on Iron Hill
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Oddendale concentric stone circle
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Mayburgh henge
- Bowl barrow 70m south of Iron Hill
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Crake Trees tower house
- Ewe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielings
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Cow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shieling
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Keld Chapel
- Eamont Bridge
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Round cairn 300m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Clifton Hall tower
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow Green
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow Green
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielings
- Round cairn on Howenook Pike
- Selside Pike round cairn
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Ewe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman road
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Round cairn on Dale Moor
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
