English Heritage sites near Kirkby Ireleth Parish
FURNESS ABBEY
8 miles from Kirkby Ireleth Parish
The remains of an abbey founded by Stephen, later King of England, including much of the east end and west tower of the church, ornately decorated chapter house and cloister buildings.
BOW BRIDGE
9 miles from Kirkby Ireleth Parish
This narrow 15th-century stone bridge across Mill Beck carried an old packhorse route to nearby Furness Abbey.
STOTT PARK BOBBIN MILL
9 miles from Kirkby Ireleth Parish
In the Lake District in Cumbria, this extensive working mill was begun in 1835 to produce the wooden bobbins vital to the Lancashire spinning and weaving industries.
HARDKNOTT ROMAN FORT
10 miles from Kirkby Ireleth Parish
This remote and dramatically-sited fort was founded under Hadrian's rule in the 2nd century.Well-marked remains include the headquarters building, commandant's house and bath house.
RAVENGLASS ROMAN BATH HOUSE
11 miles from Kirkby Ireleth Parish
The remains of the bath house of Ravenglass Roman fort, established in AD 130, are among the tallest Roman structures surviving in northern Britain: the walls stand almost 4 metres (13 feet) high.
PIEL CASTLE
13 miles from Kirkby Ireleth Parish
The impressive ruins of a 14th-century castle with a massive keep, inner and outer baileys, and towered curtain walls still standing.
Churches in Kirkby Ireleth Parish
St Cuthbert's
Lady Moyra Incline, Beckside
Kirkby-in-Furness
Cumbria
012298896
http://www.stcuthbertskirkby.co.uk
Our church is part of the Parish of Kirkby Ireleth which at present is in vacancy
Woodland: St John the Evangelist
Woodland, Cumbria
Woodland
Broughton-in-Furness
Our church is part of the Parish of Broughton & Duddon. Our priest in charge, Revd Stephen Tudway, is also the priest in charge of the nearby Parish of Kirkby Ireleth.
Pubs in Kirkby Ireleth Parish
Commercial
Greyhound Inn
Grizebeck, LA17 7XJ
(01229) 889672
greyhoundinngrizebeck.co.uk/