Bowness on Windermere is a Town in the county of Cumbria.

Bowness on Windermere in Cumbria is located 1.9 km SW from Windermere and 8.0 km S from Ambleside.

Bowness on Windermere postcode: LA23 3BY

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There are great places to visit near Bowness on Windermere 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 Bowness on Windermere include Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Hiking Areas to visit near Bowness on Windermere include Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of villages near Bowness on Windermere including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

The area around Bowness on Windermere boasts some of the best ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

The area around Bowness on Windermere features a number of interesting 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.

Bowness on Windermere's best nearby old mines can be found at Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

The area around Bowness on Windermere boasts some of the best waterfalls including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Bowness on Windermere 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.

There are a several good lakes in the Bowness on Windermere area like Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Bowness on Windermere has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Bowness on Windermere best towns to visit near Bowness on Windermere.

Bowness on Windermere has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a several good castles in the Bowness on Windermere area like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a several good historic buildings in the Bowness on Windermere 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 close to Bowness on Windermere boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

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

Bowness on Windermere has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Nature Reserves to visit near Bowness on Windermere include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area close to Bowness on Windermere boasts some of the best disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

The area around Bowness on Windermere features a number of interesting airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Don't miss Piel Island's islands if visiting the area around Bowness on Windermere.

Bowness on Windermere History

There are some historic monuments around Bowness on Windermere:

• Southern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park
• Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and Romano-British farmstead north west of Tongue House Barn.
• Round cairn 60m east of Hagg Gill
• Newby Bridge
• Slight univallate hillfort on Allen Knott
• Northern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park
• Tower of ruined church of St Catherine
• Stott Park bobbin mill, two mill ponds and site of Stott Park smithy
• Prehistoric rock art, 150m south west of Nook End
• Round cairn 15m east of Hagg Gill
• Millrigg Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement
• Romano-British settlement, 450m east of High Borrans
• Round cairn 80m east of Hagg Gill
• Winster potash pit
• Round cairn 250m south-south-west of Bluegill Fold
• Ambleside Roman fort, associated vicus and Roman road
• Round cairn 200m south-south-west of Bluegill Fold
• Round cairn 180m east of Rydal Beck
• Low Kingate concentric stone circle
• Medieval shieling 640m north of Troutbeck Park Farm
• Settlement on W slope of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park
• Round cairn 75m east of Hagg Gill