Laversdale is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Laversdale postcode: CA6 4PJ

Retail in Laversdale

There are great places to visit near Laversdale 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 Laversdale.

Don't miss Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell's hiking areas if visiting the area around Laversdale.

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

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

Ruins to visit near Laversdale include 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.

Laversdale's best nearby old mines can be found at Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

Don't miss Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Laversdale.

Don't miss River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Laversdale.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are great places to visit near Laversdale if you like lakes.

There are a number of woodlands near Laversdale including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Laversdale has some unmissable towns nearby 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 Laversdale best mountains to visit near Laversdale.

Castles to visit near Laversdale include Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Don't miss Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct's historic buildings if visiting the area around Laversdale.

Fairy Steps is one of Laversdale's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Laversdale.

Laversdale's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

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

Nature Reserves to visit near Laversdale include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Laversdale like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

There are a several good islands in the area around Laversdale like Piel Island.

Laversdale History

There are some historic monuments around Laversdale:

• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Castle Hill
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• 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
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64