Naworth is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Naworth postcode: CA8 2HF

Retail in Naworth

There are great places to visit near Naworth 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.

There are a number of hills near Naworth including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

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 Naworth.

Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Naworth best villages to visit near Naworth.

Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Naworth.

There are a several good ruins in the Naworth area like 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.

There are a several good old mines in the Naworth 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.

Waterfalls to visit near Naworth include Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Naworth has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Naworth's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.

Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood are some of Naworth best woodlands to visit near Naworth.

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

Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Naworth.

Naworth's best nearby castles can be found at Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

The area around Naworth boasts some of the best historic buildings 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.

Naworth is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,

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

There are a number of bluebell woods near Naworth including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

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

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

Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport are some of Naworth best airports to visit near Naworth.

Islands to visit near Naworth include Piel Island.

Naworth History

There are some historic monuments around Naworth:

• Tower Tye ringwork
• Round cairn in Mollen Wood, 640m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Prehistoric cup marked stone 380m south of Gillalees
• The vallum between the road to Garthside and the track east of Castlesteads in wall miles 54, 55 and 56
• The Stonehouse bastle, 240m north of Denton Foot
• Medieval shieling on Espy Bank 35m south of Esby Well
• St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
• Towerbrae round cairn
• 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
• RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Hallsteads Iron Age camp
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• 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
• Bastle at Upper Denton
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
• Medieval dispersed settlement at Askerton Park 170m WSW of Parkgate Bridge
• Maiden Way Roman road from B6318 to 450m SW of High House, Gillalees Beacon signal station and Beacon Pasture early post-medieval dispersed settlement
• RAF Spadeadam: Priorlancy Rigg, Engine Test Area
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Garthside and The Centurion Inn, Walton, in wall miles 54 and 55
• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road
• Castle Hill
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Roachburn Colliery
• Lanercost Augustinian priory, precinct wall and medieval standing cross base
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• Two round cairns in Mollen Wood, 660m east of Parkgate Bridge
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• 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
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
• 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Cairns on Cardunneth Pike
• Moated site at Upper Denton
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• Medieval fishponds and moat at Denton Hall
• Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
• Medieval dispersed settlement 210m WNW of Lukes Cottage
• Lanercost Bridge
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
• Boothby Roman fort