Ulverston is a Village in the county of Cumbria.
There are great places to visit near Ulverston 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 some of Ulverston best hills to visit near Ulverston.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Ulverston best hiking areas to visit near Ulverston.
Ulverston's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
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 Ulverston if you like ancient sites.
There are a several good ruins in the Ulverston 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.
There are a number of old mines near Ulverston 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.
Ulverston has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
The area around Ulverston features a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Ulverston's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are great places to visit near Ulverston if you like woodlands.
Ulverston has some unmissable towns nearby 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 some of Ulverston best mountains to visit near Ulverston.
The area around Ulverston boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
There are a several good historic buildings in the Ulverston area like 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 Ulverston's best historic monuments can be found at Fairy Steps.
Ulverston has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
There are a several good bluebell woods in the Ulverston area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
There are a number of nature reserves near to Ulverston including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Ulverston is near some unmissable disused railway lines like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Ulverston if you like airports.
There are a several good islands in the area around Ulverston like Piel Island.
Ulverston History
There are some historic monuments around Ulverston:
Places to see near Ulverston
History of Ulverston
Town Bank grammar school was established in the town in 1658 following a benefaction by Thomas Fell.
