Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore is a Village in the county of Cumbria.

Retail in Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore

There are great places to visit near Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore 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 several good hills in the Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

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

There are a number of villages near Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

The area around Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore features a number of interesting ancient sites including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore's best nearby ruins can be found at 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.

Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore'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.

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

Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.

Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater are some of Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore best lakes to visit near Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore.

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

Towns to visit near Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore include Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

There are a number of mountains near Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore has some unmissable castles nearby like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).

Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct are great places to visit near Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore if you like historic buildings.

Fairy Steps is a great place to visit close to Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore if you like historic monuments.

Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore has some unmissable caves nearby like Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.

There are a number of bluebell woods near Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.

Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's nature reserves if visiting the area around Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore.

Places near Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore feature a number of interesting disused railway lines including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

Piel Island is one of Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore's best, nearby islands to visit in Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore.

Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore History

There are some historic monuments around Newbiggin - Kirkby Thore:

• Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 350m west of The Knott
• Ravenglass Roman fort
• Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Waberthwaite Fell, on the north bank of Charlesground Gill, 880m south east of High Corney
• High cross shaft, high cross head, and high cross base in St Michael and All Angels churchyard
• Black Beck North prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 950m SSW of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Black Beck
• Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system south west of Birkby Fell, 750m north east of The Knott
• Drigg Holme packhorse bridge
• Prehistoric enclosure south of The Intake, 920m south east of Stainton
• Seaton nunnery (site of)
• Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 840m north west of Redgill Head
• Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 760m NNE of Stainton
• Prehistoric cairnfield on Waberthwaite Fell, 740m south west of Rowantree Force
• Barnscar prehistoric cairnfield, two hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, and a Romano-British farmstead, trackway and field system
• Prehistoric cairnfield 570m south west of Barnscar settlement
• Prehistoric cairnfield 660m north east of Barnscar settlement
• Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground
• Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Stainton Fell, 330m south of The Knott
• Prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 360m south east of Raven Crag
• High cross shaft in St John's churchyard
• Prehistoric round cairn on Whitfell
• Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell
• Prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement, field system, funerary cairn, and a medieval shieling on Birkby Fell west of Devoke Water
• Roman kilns
• Prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, hut circles and a farmstead on Corney Fell, 440m north west of Buckbarow Bridge
• Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and a funerary cairn 520m south of Barnscar settlement
• Prehistoric cairnfield south west of Water Crag, 290m north west of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Devoke Water
• Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 540m south west of The Knott
• Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 950m north of Rowantree Force
• Prehistoric cairnfield, field system, two funerary cairns, a Romano-British farmstead, field system and a post-medieval haematite mine at Brantrake Moss
• Mecklin Park cairnfield, 500m north of Ain House
• Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Corney Fell, 620m south east of Lambground
• Stainton Ling prehistoric hut circle settlement, associated field systems, cairnfields, funerary cairns, and a medieval field system and two shielings
• Prehistoric cairnfield on Stainton Fell, 660m north of Rowantree Force
• Prehistoric long cairn on Stainton Fell, 940m north east of Rowantree Force
• Prehistoric cairnfield and enclosure 750m west of Barnscar settlement
• Stone circle NW of Seascale How Farm
• Ravenglass Roman fort bath-house, also known as Walls Castle
• Prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, hut circles, Romano-British farmstead and a medieval field system, 1.1km SE of Stainton
• Three prehistoric cairnfields and an associated field system on Corney Fell, 1.2km south east of High Corney
• Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and hut circle east of Water Crag
• Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge
• Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle Fell
• High cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell
• High cross in St Paul's churchyard