Retail in Newby
There are great places to visit near Newby 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.
Newby's best nearby hills can be found at Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
The area around Newby features a number of interesting hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
There are a several good villages in the Newby area like Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
There are a several good ancient sites in the Newby area like 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 great places to visit near Newby if you like ruins.
There are a number of old mines near Newby 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 several good waterfalls in the Newby area like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
Newby 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.
Don't miss Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater's lakes if visiting the area around Newby.
There are a number of woodlands near Newby including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen are great places to visit near Newby if you like towns.
Newby'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 boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
There are a several good historic buildings in the Newby area like Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Newby like Fairy Steps.
The area around Newby features a number of interesting caves including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood are great places to visit near Newby if you like bluebell woods.
Nature Reserves to visit near Newby include Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Newby like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Newby's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is a great place to visit close to Newby if you like islands.
Newby History
There are some historic monuments around Newby:
- Farmstead 700yds (640m) NNW of Redlands Bank
- Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Small stone circle on White Hag
- Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby Gill
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Howarcles Romano-British settlement
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Ewe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielings
- Bowl barrow 20m east of Ravens' Gill
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
- Raise Howe cairn
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Hollin Stump round cairn
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar
- Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack Moor
- Romano-British settlement and Romano-British farmstead north-east and east of Gilts
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Roman milestone, 180m north west of Spitals
- Bowl barrow 25m east of Ravens' Gill
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Crake Trees tower house
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Oddendale concentric stone circle
- Round cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Cow Green long barrow
- Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings
- Keld Chapel
- Medieval shieling south of Cow Green
- Roman camp, 350m east of Redlands Bank
- Bowl barrow on Iron Hill
- The Countess Pillar
- Crosby Ravensworth churchyard cross
- Three bowl barrows east of Ravens' Gill
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Cow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shieling
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Lyvennet bowl barrow
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielings
- Bowl barrow 70m south of Iron Hill
- Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race
- Kirkby Thore Roman Fort and Associated Vicus
- Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe
- Bowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow Green
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Ewe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman road
- Bowl barrow 60m south-west of Gaythorne Hall
- Hanging Walls of Mark Anthony
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Round cairn on Dale Moor
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 300m west of Lyvennet Beck
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Burwens Romano-British settlement and associated field system
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Bowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High Haber
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well
- Buck Park deerpound
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Ravens Gill Romano-British farmstead
- Round cairn 690m south-east of Gaythorne Cottages
- Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe
- Round cairn 600m south-east of Gaythorne Cottages
- Clifton Hall tower
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow Green
