Kirkby Stephen is a Town in the county of Cumbria.
There are great places to visit near Kirkby Stephen 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 Kirkby Stephen if you like hills.
There are a number of hiking areas near Kirkby Stephen including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
Kirkby Stephen has some unmissable villages nearby like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Ancient Sites to visit near Kirkby Stephen include 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 Kirkby Stephen 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.
The area around Kirkby Stephen 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.
Kirkby Stephen's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Kirkby Stephen best rivers and streams to visit near Kirkby Stephen.
Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Kirkby Stephen.
Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are some of Kirkby Stephen best woodlands to visit near Kirkby Stephen.
Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are some of Kirkby Stephen best towns to visit near Kirkby Stephen.
There are a number of mountains near Kirkby Stephen including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
There are a number of castles near Kirkby Stephen including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
There are a several good historic buildings in the Kirkby Stephen area 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.
Don't miss Fairy Steps's historic monuments if visiting the area around Kirkby Stephen.
Kirkby Stephen's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
The area around Kirkby Stephen features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve is one of Kirkby Stephen's best, nearby nature reserves to visit in Kirkby Stephen.
There are a number of disused railway lines near to Kirkby Stephen including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are great places to visit near Kirkby Stephen if you like airports.
The area close to Kirkby Stephen boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.
Kirkby Stephen History
There are some historic monuments around Kirkby Stephen:
