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.

Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Laversdale if you like hiking areas.

The area around Laversdale features a number of interesting 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.

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 some of Laversdale best ruins to visit near Laversdale.

There are a several good old mines in the Laversdale area like Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Laversdale area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

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.

Woodlands to visit near Laversdale include Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Don't miss Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen's towns if visiting the area around Laversdale.

Laversdale has some unmissable mountains nearby like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Don't miss Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther)'s castles if visiting the area around Laversdale.

There are a number of historic buildings near Laversdale 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 Laversdale boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

Laversdale has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Laversdale if you like bluebell woods.

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

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

Laversdale has some unmissable airports nearby like Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Laversdale if you like islands.

Laversdale History

There are some historic monuments around Laversdale:

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