Ellenborough is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Ellenborough postcode: CA15 7QH

Retail in Ellenborough

There are great places to visit near Ellenborough 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.

The area around Ellenborough features a number of interesting hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Ellenborough best hiking areas to visit near Ellenborough.

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

The area around Ellenborough 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 some of Ellenborough best ruins to visit near Ellenborough.

The area around Ellenborough features a number of interesting old mines including 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 several good waterfalls in the Ellenborough area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Ellenborough include River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

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

Ellenborough's best nearby woodlands can be found at Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

The area around Ellenborough features a number of interesting towns including 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 some of Ellenborough best mountains to visit near Ellenborough.

Ellenborough's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Historic Buildings to visit near Ellenborough include Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Fairy Steps is a great place to visit close to Ellenborough if you like historic monuments.

Don't miss Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel's caves if visiting the area around Ellenborough.

Ellenborough has some unmissable bluebell woods nearby like Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Ellenborough is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Ellenborough's best, nearby disused railway lines to visit in Ellenborough.

Ellenborough has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

The area close to Ellenborough boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.

Ellenborough History

There are some historic monuments around Ellenborough:

• Netherhall
• Dubmill Point milefortlet 17, 560m WNW of Hill House, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Mawbray Sandpit tower 16b, 680m WSW of Hailforth, 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
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Castle Hill motte and site of a World War II gun emplacement
• Allonby saltpan
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Defended enclosure at Salterbeck
• Enclosure 130m SSE of Old Mawbray
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Low Mire (milefortlet 20) 50m north of Heather Bank, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• 18th century bottle works on Irish Street, 200m north of Mote Hill
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Burrow Walls Roman fort
• Oval enclosure 120m N of Brownrigg Hall
• Settlement SW of Mealo Hill House
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Swarthy Hill North tower 20b, 460m south west of Blue Dial, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Enclosure 105m SE of Old Mawbray
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• 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
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Enclosure 125m SE of Old Mawbray
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road