Dearham is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Dearham

There are great places to visit near Dearham 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.

Dearham's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

The area around Dearham boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

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

The area around Dearham features a number of interesting 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.

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 great places to visit near Dearham if you like ruins.

Old Mines to visit near Dearham 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.

There are a number of waterfalls near Dearham including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Dearham best rivers and streams to visit near Dearham.

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

Woodlands to visit near Dearham include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

There are a several good towns in the Dearham area like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

The area around Dearham boasts some of the best mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Dearham best castles to visit near Dearham.

The area around Dearham boasts some of the best 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.

Dearham is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,

Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel are some of Dearham best caves to visit near Dearham.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are some of Dearham best bluebell woods to visit near Dearham.

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is a great place to visit close to Dearham if you like nature reserves.

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

There are a number of airports near Dearham including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Places near Dearham feature a number of interesting islands including Piel Island.

Dearham History

There are some historic monuments around Dearham:

• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Rise How tower 25a, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast including remains of prehistoric burial mound and early medieval kiln
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Allonby saltpan
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Tute Hill motte
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Netherhall
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Mawbray Sandpit tower 16b, 680m WSW of Hailforth, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Westnewton Castle
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Dubmill Point milefortlet 17, 560m WNW of Hill House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast