Dovenby is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Dovenby postcode: CA13 0PJ

Retail in Dovenby

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

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell's hiking areas if visiting the area around Dovenby.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Dovenby best villages to visit near Dovenby.

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

Don't miss 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's ruins if visiting the area around Dovenby.

Old Mines to visit near Dovenby 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.

Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force are great places to visit near Dovenby if you like waterfalls.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Dovenby area like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Dovenby.

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

Dovenby's best nearby towns can be found at 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 great places to visit near Dovenby if you like mountains.

Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Dovenby.

The area around Dovenby 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.

Historic Monuments to visit near Dovenby include Fairy Steps.

There are a number of caves near Dovenby including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the Dovenby area like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

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

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Dovenby.

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

The area around Dovenby's best islands can be found at Piel Island.

Dovenby History

There are some historic monuments around Dovenby:

• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, 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
• Netherhall
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Settlement 450m east of Eweclose
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Maryport Golf Course tower 22a, 350m north of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Tute Hill motte
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Allonby saltpan
• Westnewton Castle
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, 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
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Settlement W of Birkby