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Photo of Long Meg and Her Daughters, a stone circle near Lazonby, Cumbria, north west England.

Long Meg and Her DaughtersPhoto Valentine Kulikov / Pexels

Places to explore near Lazonby & Kirkoswald StationLazonby

34 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the River Eden, a 90-mile river running from Mallerstang to Solway Firth, north west England.Highlight

River Eden

River

Cumbria's great river, running north from the Mallerstang fells through red sandstone country and Carlisle to the Solway.

0.4 km NE · Cumbria

Photo of Lacy's Caves, a cave near Lazonby, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Lacy's Caves

Cave near Lazonby

Five chambers cut into the red sandstone cliffs above the Eden near Little Salkeld, a Georgian gentleman's folly.

2.1 km SE

Photo of Long Meg and Her Daughters, a stone circle near Lazonby, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Long Meg and Her Daughters

Stone circle · Cursus near Lazonby

Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle, associated cursus and prehistoric enclosure

3.3 km SE

Photo of High Cup Nick, the glacial valley cut into the North Pennines escarpment, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

North Pennines

National Landscape near Wearhead

England's high, quiet backbone of moorland tops, waterfalls and old lead-mining dales, designated in 1988

5.7 km E

Photo: Penrith Beacon, a viewpoint in Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Penrith Beacon

Viewpoint near Penrith

A stone beacon tower on the wooded hill above Penrith, once lit to warn of border raids, with wide Eden-valley views.

8.8 km S

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Bells of Lazonby

Farm & farm shop near Lazonby

Long-established family bakery in the Eden-valley village of Lazonby, supplying breads and cakes across the north.

0.2 km E

Photo of St Oswald's Church, Kirkoswald, a church in Cumbria, north west England.

St Oswald's Church, Kirkoswald

Church near Kirkoswald

Eden-valley church with a spring under the chancel and its bell-tower standing apart on a hill above the village.

1.4 km NE

Photo of Kirkoswald, a village in Cumbria, north west England.

Kirkoswald

Village

Sandstone Eden-valley village with a college of priests, a detached church bell-tower and cobbled streets near the river.

1.7 km N · Cumbria

Photo of St Cuthbert's Church, Great Salkeld, a church in Cumbria, north west England.

St Cuthbert's Church, Great Salkeld

Church near Great Salkeld

Eden-valley church fronted by a fortified 14th-century pele tower, a refuge against border raiders.

3 km S

Great Salkeld

Village

Village of quaint cottages round a green, its church guarded by a fortified pele tower against the border raiders.

3.7 km S · Cumbria

The Village Bakery, Melmerby

Farm & farm shop near Melmerby

Pioneering organic bakery in the Eden-valley village of Melmerby, with a shop and café by the wood-fired ovens.

7 km E

Photo of Armathwaite, a village in Cumbria, north west England.

Armathwaite

Village

Riverside village on the Eden and the Settle–Carlisle line, with a small pele-tower castle and wooded sandstone banks.

7.6 km NW · Cumbria

Photo of Christ and Our Lady, Armathwaite, a church in Cumbria, north west England.

Christ and Our Lady, Armathwaite

Church near Armathwaite

One of the smallest parish churches in England, a plain 17th-century chapel above the Eden at Armathwaite.

7.6 km NW

Photo of Hutton-in-the-Forest, a garden near Skelton, Cumbria, north west England.

Hutton-in-the-Forest

Garden near Skelton

Historic house near Penrith with walled gardens, a 17th-century terrace, topiary and a woodland lake in the old Forest of Inglewood.

9.6 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (20) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.