Newby East is a Hamlet in the county of Cumbria.

Newby East postcode: CA4 8QX

Retail in Newby East

There are great places to visit near Newby East 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.

The area around Newby East boasts some of the best hills including Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Newby East area like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.

There are a number of villages near Newby East including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.

Ancient Sites to visit near Newby East include Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.

Newby East has some unmissable ruins nearby 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.

The area around Newby East 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.

There are a number of waterfalls near Newby East including Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.

Newby East'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 great places to visit near Newby East if you like lakes.

The area around Newby East features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.

Newby East has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.

Newby East's best nearby mountains can be found at Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.

The area around Newby East features a number of interesting castles including 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 some of Newby East best historic buildings to visit near Newby East.

The area close to Newby East boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.

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

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

Places near Newby East feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.

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

There are a number of airports near Newby East including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.

Don't miss Piel Island's islands if visiting the area around Newby East.

Newby East History

There are some historic monuments around Newby East:

• Four Romano-British farmsteads 370m south east of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between Houghton Road and Tarraby in wall mile 64
• Hadrian's Wall between Eden Vale house and the Cam Beck in wall mile 56
• Prehistoric enclosure and associated field system south east of Ivy Cottage
• Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure 770m ESE of Old Church
• Hadrian's Wall between the M6 motorway and the property boundaries to the east of Houghton Road in wall mile 64
• 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
• A night dummy aerodrome control building, part of a World War II bombing decoy, 610m north east of Walby Cottage
• The Stangate at Crosby Lodge
• Written Rock of Gelt: Roman quarry inscriptions
• Bowl barrow 760m SSE of Old Church
• The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon
• Moss Side 1 and 2 Roman temporary camps
• Motte, immediately south east of Nook Farm
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between the M6 motorway and Drawdykes Castle in wall mile 64
• Park House Roman fort
• The Roman bath house to the north east of Castlesteads Roman fort in wall mile 56
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Birky Lane at Walby and the east side of the M6 in wall miles 62 and 63
• Hadrian's Wall between the Cam Beck and Newtown Farm in wall miles 56 and 57
• Castlesteads Roman fort and the vallum between the track to the east of Castlesteads fort and the Cam Beck in the west
• Wetheral Priory gatehouse and length of medieval wall
• Hadrian's Wall vallum between Drawdykes Castle and Whiteclosegate in wall mile 64
• Watchclose Roman temporary camp
• Scalesceugh Roman kilns
• Roman camp and signal station 600m south-east of Wreay Hall
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Baron's Dike and Birky Lane at Walby, in wall miles 60, 61 and 62.
• The vallum between the field boundary south east of Heads Wood and the A6071 road in wall mile 57
• Slight univallate hillfort on Barrock Fell
• Scaleby Castle moated site
• Pigeon Clint Written Rock: Roman quarry inscription
• Bowl barrow 710m south east of Old Church
• The vallum between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Hadrian's Wall between the road to Laversdale at Oldwall and Baron's Dike in wall miles 59 and 60
• Castle Hill
• Brampton Old Church Roman fort and the medieval Church of St Martin
• St Constantine's cells (Wetheral Caves) and rock-cut Roman inscription