Wreay is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Wreay postcode: CA4 0RG

Retail in Wreay

There are great places to visit near Wreay 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 Wreay best hills to visit near Wreay.

There are a number of hiking areas near Wreay including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Wreay boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Wreay area like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

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 are some of Wreay best ruins to visit near Wreay.

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 Wreay best old mines to visit near Wreay.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Wreay area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Wreay 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.

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

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

Wreay has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Wreay's best nearby mountains can be found at Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Wreay 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 Wreay 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.

Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Wreay.

Wreay's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Wreay's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

The area close to Wreay boasts some of the best nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

Airports to visit near Wreay include Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Wreay if you like islands.

Wreay History

There are some historic monuments around Wreay:

• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Petteril Green Romano-British farmstead, associated field system and two trackways
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Old Penrith (Voreda) Plumpton Wall
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort at Stanwix in wall mile 65
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum in wall mile 66, Stanwix Bank to Stainton
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Park House Roman fort
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Roman camp 200m west of Galleygill Bridge
• 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
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the boundaries north of the properties on Whiteclosegate and the field boundary west of Wall Knowe in wall miles 64 and 65
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• City wall, NE side
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the dismantled railway north of Knockupworth Cottage and the dismantled railway south of Boomby Gill in wall mile 67
• Roman camp 200m south west of Knowe Farm
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Town wall, section on West Walls
• Hadrian's Wall between Tarraby and Beech Grove, Knowefield in wall miles 64 and 65
• Polygonal prehistoric enclosure and associated field system at Petterilbank Cottages
• Roman and medieval town area bounded by Heads Lane West Wall and Blackfriars Street
• Area of Roman and medieval towns, bounded by Annetwell Street, Abbey Street, Castle Street and Paternoster Row
• Carlisle Cathedral precinct
• Carlisle Castle; medieval tower keep castle, two lengths of city wall, a 16th century battery, and part of an earlier Roman fort known as Luguvalium