Thursby is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Thursby

There are great places to visit near Thursby 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.

Hills to visit near Thursby include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Hiking Areas to visit near Thursby include 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 Thursby best villages to visit near Thursby.

Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle are great places to visit near Thursby if you like ancient sites.

The area around Thursby boasts some of the best ruins 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.

Old Mines to visit near Thursby include Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Thursby has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like 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 Thursby area like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are great places to visit near Thursby if you like lakes.

There are a number of woodlands near Thursby including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Towns to visit near Thursby include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a several good mountains in the Thursby area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Castles to visit near Thursby include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

The area around Thursby 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.

Places near Thursby feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

There are a several good caves in the Thursby area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

There are a number of nature reserves near to Thursby including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Thursby if you like disused railway lines.

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Thursby best airports to visit near Thursby.

The area close to Thursby boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Thursby History

There are some historic monuments around Thursby:

• Hadrian's Wall between the field boundary to the south of the site of St Andrew's Church and Eden Bank at Beaumont in wall miles 69 and 70
• Roman fort and watch tower, 800m SSW of Amberfield
• Hadrian's Wall between Grinsdale and the field boundary south of the site of St Andrew's Church, Kirkandrews on Eden in wall miles 68 and 69
• Beaumont motte castle and section of Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 70 including turret 70a
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between east side of road at Burgh Head, and boundary south of Ash Tree Square, Burgh-by-Sands in wall miles 71 and 72
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
• Settlement and field system N of Moorhouse
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill and the field boundary south east of Mill Beck in wall mile 68
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Mill Beck and the field boundary east of Kirkandrews Farm in wall mile 69
• Settlement 60m E of Ghyll Head
• Boomby Lane 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Settlement enclosures, 800m north west of Farhill
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway west of Kirkandrews Farm and the dismantled railway south east of Burgh by Sands in wall miles 70 and 71
• Down Hall moated site
• Hadrian's Wall between the east end of Davidson's Banks and road to Grinsdale and vallum between Davidson's Banks and dismantled railway in wall miles 67 and 68
• Settlement 600ft (180m) NNW of Thistlebottom
• Settlement 500yds (460m) SE of Cardew Hill
• Hadrian's Wall between Fulwood House at Burgh by Sands and Burgh Marsh in wall miles 72 and 73
• Nowtler Hill 1 Roman temporary camp
• Nowtler Hill 2 Roman temporary camp
• Old Carlisle (Olerica) fort and civil settlement
• Oval enclosure 180m NE of Great Orton
• Hadrian's Wall Vallum between West End, Burgh by Sands and the eastern boundary of Dykesfield
• Burgh by Sands Roman fort, Beaumont camp, Burgh Castle and Hadrian's Wall from boundary west of churchyard, Beaumont to Burgh Head in wall miles 70 and 71
• Rectangular enclosures 95yds (85m) N of Sceughmire
• Bishop's Dyke
• Sandy Brow Romano-British settlement