Kirkby Thore
Built-up area in Westmorland and Furness, England
| Coordinates: | 54.627, -2.559 |
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| OS grid ref: | NY 63 25 |
| Population: | 758 |
Kirkby Thore is a small village and parish in Westmorland and Furness, set in the rolling limestone countryside of the Eden Valley just off the busy A66. The name is of Norse origin - literally the “church village” of a man called Thore - and the setting gives good views towards the North Pennines, with the surrounding landscape characterised by drystone walls, mixed farms and the scars of past and present quarrying in the local limestone.
The village has an unexpectedly long history: it sits by the site of the Roman fort known as Voreda, and Roman finds have turned up locally. Today its economy is a mix of agriculture, stone-related industry and small local enterprises, while social life centres on the parish church, village hall and a modest community calendar of fairs and events that reflect its rural, close-knit character.
Postcode districts covering Kirkby Thore
Most populated places nearby
Neighbouring places
- Newbiggin Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Crackenthorpe Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Bolton Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Long Marton Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Temple Sowerby Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Milburn Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Culgaith Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- King's Meaburn Parish 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Morland Built-up area 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Colby Parish 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Cliburn Built-up area 4 miles6.4 km
- Eden and Lyvennet Vale Ward 4.2 miles6.7 km
Example postcodes in Kirkby Thore
CA10 1UB, CA10 1UH, CA10 1XN, CA10 1XE, CA10 1XW, CA10 1UG, CA10 1UL, CA10 1UZ, CA10 1XU … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 44.7 miles71.9 km
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 46 miles74 km
- Appleby Railway Station 4.4 miles7 km
- Langwathby Railway Station 6.2 miles10 km
Hotels near Kirkby Thore Ad
- The Kings Arms 4 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Appleby Manor Hotel & Garden Spa 4 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Tufton Arms Hotel 4.4 miles7.1 km
- The Lounge Hotel and Bar 8 miles13 km
- Appleby Castle 4.7 miles7.6 km
- The George Hotel 3 8.1 miles13.1 km
- North Lakes Hotel and Spa 4 8.2 miles13.2 km
- The Kings Arms 8.4 miles13.4 km
- The Castlegate Arms 2 8.2 miles13.2 km
Local points of interest
- Brocavum Archaeological site 6.6 miles10.5 km
- Brougham Castle Archaeological site 6.6 miles10.7 km
- Lowther Castle Estate 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Moor House Nature Reserve Nature reserve 8.6 miles13.9 km
- Lune Forest Forest 12.8 miles20.5 km
- Inglewood Forest Forest 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Old Park Country house 19.2 miles30.9 km