Tebay

To the north, occupying a strategic position by the River Lune, now close to the M6 motorway, are the earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle known as Castle Howe. During the Roman occupation a Roman road followed the course of the River Lune linking the Roman fort at Low Borrowbridge near Tebay with one at Over Burrow south of Kirkby Lonsdale. Another road, recently discovered using LIDAR, linked the fort at Low Borrowbridge with the fort to the north at Kirkby Thore, and thence to Whitley Castle and then Carvoran on Hadrian's Wall. view of Low Borrowbridge Roman Fort.]] Tebay was the home of the prophetess Mary Baynes, known as the 'Witch of Tebay', who died in 1811. Tebay was…

Tebay lies within the Westmorland Dales, which form part of the area covered by the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Central to the village is the Railway Club, which provides a concrete link to the past importance of the village. The Cross Keys pub in the village also provides a place where the inhabitants can come together. The local Junction Hotel is now flats but once had dance halls. Junction 38 of the M6 lies just to the west of the village, south of the notoriously exposed Shap Summit. Like its predecessor, the main railway line, it uses the upper reaches of the River Lune to pass through the fells. Tebay Services, a mile north west of the village in the neighbouring parish of Orton,…