Greysouthen is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Greysouthen

There are great places to visit near Greysouthen 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.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks's hills if visiting the area around Greysouthen.

Greysouthen has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

Greysouthen has some unmissable villages nearby like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Ancient Sites to visit near Greysouthen include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

The area around Greysouthen boasts some of the best ruins including 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 Greysouthen 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.

Greysouthen has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Greysouthen's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Lakes to visit near Greysouthen include Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Don't miss Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Greysouthen.

Towns to visit near Greysouthen include 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 Greysouthen if you like mountains.

The area around Greysouthen boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

There are a number of historic buildings near Greysouthen 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.

The area close to Greysouthen boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

Caves to visit near Greysouthen include Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Greysouthen's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Greysouthen.

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

The area around Greysouthen boasts some of the best airports including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Islands to visit near Greysouthen include Piel Island.

Greysouthen History

There are some historic monuments around Greysouthen:

• Roman forts at Papcastle and part of the vicus
• 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
• 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
• Settlement one mile (1610m) NE of Crosscanonby
• Birkby Colliery conical spoil tip 600m west of Rose Gill Mill
• Medieval site in Netherhall Park, left bank of River Ellen
• Brownrigg North tower 21b, 830m north west of Canonby Hall, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Allonby saltpan
• Coke ovens at the southern end of Furnace Road
• Romano-British settlement and trackway at Ewanrigg
• Little Clifton open heap coke producing bases and associated slag heap, 220m north of Oldfield Bridge
• Medieval standing cross in St Oswald's churchyard
• Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott
• Settlement W of Birkby
• Wardhall Guards Medieval Settlement
• Enclosure 1/4 mile (400m) N of Hill Farm
• Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle
• Swarthy Hill milefortlet 21, 80m south of the Saltpans, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Romano-British farmstead in Fitz Woods
• Settlement 25m SE of Gatra
• Settlement 1/4 mile (400m) S of Canonby Hall
• Netherhall
• Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house
• Tute Hill motte
• Roman cremation cemetery, 380m south east of Maryport Roman fort
• Calva Hall Bridge
• Large irregular stone circle and a round cairn on Dean Moor
• Maryport (Alavna) Roman fort, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast, its associated vicus and a length of Roman road
• Brownrigg milefortlet 22, 800m north east of the Cemetery Chapel, part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Small multivallate hillfort on Swarthy Hill
• Sea Brows (milefortlet 23), 500m south west of Bank End part of the Roman frontier defences along the Cumbrian coast
• Round cairn 75m north east of summit of Carling Knott