Retail in Thrimby
There are great places to visit near Thrimby 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 Thrimby.
Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell are great places to visit near Thrimby if you like hiking areas.
Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer are some of Thrimby best villages to visit near Thrimby.
There are a several good ancient sites in the Thrimby area like Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
There are a number of ruins near Thrimby including 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.
Old Mines to visit near Thrimby include Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
Thrimby's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Thrimby best rivers and streams to visit near Thrimby.
The area around Thrimby boasts some of the best lakes including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
The area around Thrimby features a number of interesting woodlands including Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Thrimby has some unmissable towns nearby like Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
There are a several good mountains in the Thrimby area like Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
Thrimby has some unmissable castles nearby like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
The area around Thrimby 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.
Thrimby is near some unmissable historic monuments like Fairy Steps,
Thrimby's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
Don't miss Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Thrimby.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Thrimby like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Don't miss Smardale Gill Nature Reserve's disused railway lines if visiting the area around Thrimby.
There are a number of airports near Thrimby including Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
Piel Island is one of Thrimby's best, nearby islands to visit in Thrimby.
Thrimby History
There are some historic monuments around Thrimby:
- Oddendale concentric stone circle
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Ewe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielings
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Bowl barrow 70m south of Iron Hill
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Round cairn on Burn Banks
- Small stone circle on White Hag
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Eamont Bridge
- Cow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shieling
- Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
- Round cairn 300m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Round cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Round cairn on Howenook Pike
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow Green
- Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
- Keld Chapel
- Bowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High Haber
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack Moor
- Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Medieval shieling south of Cow Green
- Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
- Little Round Table henge
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow Green
- Selside Pike round cairn
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Ewe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman road
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Bowl barrow on Iron Hill
- Cow Green long barrow
- The Countess Pillar
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Round cairn on Dale Moor
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Mayburgh henge
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielings
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Buck Park deerpound
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Crake Trees tower house
- Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Clifton Hall tower
