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