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