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

Bowness on Windermere postcode: LA23 3BY

Retail in Bowness on Windermere

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.

Bowness on Windermere's best nearby hills can be found at 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.

Villages to visit near Bowness on Windermere include 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.

Bowness on Windermere has some unmissable ruins nearby 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.

Old Mines to visit near Bowness on Windermere 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.

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.

Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Bowness on Windermere.

Bowness on Windermere's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

The area around Bowness on Windermere boasts some of the best woodlands including 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 great places to visit near Bowness on Windermere if you like towns.

There are a number of mountains near Bowness on Windermere including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of castles near Bowness on Windermere 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 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.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Bowness on Windermere including Fairy Steps.

Bowness on Windermere has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a number of bluebell woods near Bowness on Windermere including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Bowness on Windermere.

There are a number of disused railway lines near to Bowness on Windermere 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.

Bowness on Windermere is near some unmissable islands like Piel Island,

Bowness on Windermere History

There are some historic monuments around Bowness on Windermere:

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