Things to do in Great Ormside, Cumbria

We've found the following things to do within 10 miles of Great Ormside, Cumbria.

The Great Outdoors in Great Ormside

Embrace the beauty of nature with scenic walks, parks, and outdoor adventures for all ages.

The great outdoors within 10 miles of Great Ormside.

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Smardale | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Smardale | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
The stunning scenery provides a backdrop to this lovely reserve. The steep wooded slopes of Smardale gill contrasts with the views of open rolling countryside from the viaduct. A great place for flowers, butterflies and birds.
Waitby Greenriggs | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Waitby Greenriggs | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Waitby Greenriggs occupies a short section of the old Stainmore Railway and the Eden Valley branch line where these two lines converge.
Tarn Sike | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Tarn Sike | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
A wild open place, Tarn Sike's lime-rich flushes support orchids, bird's-eye primrose and other plants.
Augill Pasture | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Augill Pasture | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Around the remains of old lead smelt mills, species rich grasslands contain a huge variety of different meadow flowers such as orchids, melancholy thistle and devil's-bit scabious.
Bowber Head Farm | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Bowber Head Farm | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
This traditional small-holding is home to one of the rarest and most threatened wildlife habitats in Cumbria: northern upland hay meadows.
Argill Woods | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Argill Woods | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
An undisturbed wild place, Argill Woods Nature Reserve is a tranquil steep sided wooded valley with waterfalls and pools where dippers and pied flycatchers can be seen. Spring flowers carpet the woodland floor whilst species rich meadows provide a habitat for orchids and melancholy thistle.

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History and Heritage in Great Ormside

Step back in time and discover the rich history and heritage that shaped this area.

History and heritage within 10 miles of Great Ormside.

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Brough Castle | English Heritage
Brough Castle | English Heritage
Starkly impressive Brough Castle stands on a ridge commanding strategic Stainmore Pass, on the site of a Roman fort.
Shap Abbey | English Heritage
Shap Abbey | English Heritage
The impressive full-height 15th-century tower and other remains of a remote abbey of Premonstratensian 'white canons'.

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The Arts in Great Ormside

Explore creativity through galleries, performances, and hands-on artistic experiences in the community.

The arts within 10 miles of Great Ormside.

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Stainmore Railway Company
Stainmore Railway Company
Visit Kirkby Stephen East, the 1861-built steam railway station that now hosts a great museum and a whole range of events!

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Exploring further afield?

Take a look at a few other places in the surrounding area.

Great Ormside Little Ormside Coupland Burrells Sandford Brackenber Hoff Appleby-in-Westmoorland Great Asby Warcop Drybeck Hilton Bleatarn Murton Colby Flitholme Little Musgrave Langrigg Great Musgrave Crackenthorpe Brampton Broom Little Asby Maulds Meaburn Dufton Crosby Garrett Rigg Beck Crosby Ravensworth Long Marton King's Meaburn Helbeck Brough Smardale Church Brough Reagill Bolton Brough Sowerby Waitby Knock Kirkby Thore Kaber Brownber Newbiggin-on-Lune Sleagill Kirkby Stephen Raisbeck Rookby Street Hartley Orton

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