How is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

How postcode: CA8 9JY

Retail in How

There are great places to visit near How 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.

Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks are great places to visit near How if you like hills.

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

There are a several good villages in the How area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

There are a number of ancient sites near How including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

There are a number of ruins near How 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.

Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry are some of How best old mines to visit near How.

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

The area around How features a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

How's best nearby lakes can be found at 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 How.

There are a several good towns in the How area like 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 How best mountains to visit near How.

There are a number of castles near How including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

How has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.

How is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,

There are a several good caves in the How area like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Bluebell Woods to visit near How include Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

There are a number of nature reserves near to How including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a number of disused railway lines near to How including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

Don't miss Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport's airports if visiting the area around How.

There are a number of islands near to How including Piel Island.

How History

There are some historic monuments around How:

• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from A6071 to The Cottage in the case of the Wall, and to the road to Oldwall, for the vallum, in wall miles 57, 58 and 59
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Broomrigg G: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 730m south east of Street House
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks and the road to Garthside in wall miles 52, 53 and 54
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Broomrigg P: shieling in Broomrigg Plantation, 775m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg D: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 760m north west of Far Shields
• Castle Hill
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Broomrigg A: large irregular stone circle and associated stone alignment in Broomrigg Plantation, 820m south east of Street House
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Broomrigg C: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 1010m south east of Street House
• Broomrigg B1: small stone circle in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Grey Yauds stone circle
• Park House Roman fort
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Boothby Roman fort
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Broomrigg I: standing stone in Broomrigg Plantation, 920m south east of Street House
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Tower Tye ringwork
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Lanercost Bridge
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Broomrigg F: two hut circles in Broomrigg Plantation, 900m south east of Street House
• Scaleby Castle moated site