Great Asby
Great Asby is a Village in the county of Cumbria.
Great Asby postcode: CA16 6FQ
There are great places to visit near Great Asby 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.
Great Asby's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
There are a several good hiking areas in the Great Asby area like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Great Asby's best nearby villages can be found at Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
There are a number of ancient sites near Great Asby 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 Great Asby if you like ruins.
The area around Great Asby boasts some of the best 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.
The area around Great Asby 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.
There are a several good rivers and streams in the Great Asby area like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Great Asby's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
There are a several good woodlands in the Great Asby area 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 Great Asby best towns to visit near Great Asby.
Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell are some of Great Asby best mountains to visit near Great Asby.
Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther) are some of Great Asby best castles to visit near Great Asby.
Historic Buildings to visit near Great Asby 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.
Historic Monuments to visit near Great Asby include Fairy Steps.
Great Asby's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Don't miss Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Great Asby.
Nature Reserves to visit near Great Asby include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
The area around Great Asby's best disused railway lines can be found at Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Great Asby best airports to visit near Great Asby.
The area around Great Asby's best islands can be found at Piel Island.
Great Asby History
There are some historic monuments around Great Asby:
