Retail in Yanwath
There are great places to visit near Yanwath including some great hills, hiking areas, villages, ancient sites, ruins, old mines, waterfalls, rivers and streams, lakes, woodlands, towns, mountains, castles, historic buildings, historic monuments, caves, bluebell woods, nature reserves, disused railway lines, airports and islands.
There are a several good hills in the Yanwath area like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
There are a several good hiking areas in the Yanwath area like Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Yanwath boasts some of the best villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
Don't miss Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Yanwath.
The area around Yanwath features a number of interesting ruins including Bonsor East Mine Workings, Bonsor Dressing Floors, Penny Rigg Copper Mill, Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), and Hebblethwaite Hall Gill.
Yanwath's best nearby old mines can be found at Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
Yanwath has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere are some of Yanwath best rivers and streams to visit near Yanwath.
There are a number of lakes near Yanwath including Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
There are a several good woodlands in the Yanwath area like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
There are a number of towns near Yanwath including Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
Don't miss Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell's mountains if visiting the area around Yanwath.
There are a several good castles in the Yanwath area like Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
There are a number of historic buildings near Yanwath including Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
The area close to Yanwath boasts some of the best historic monuments including Fairy Steps.
There are a number of caves near Yanwath including Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
The area around Yanwath boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Yanwath is near some unmissable nature reserves like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve,
There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Yanwath like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Yanwath's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
The area close to Yanwath boasts some of the best islands including Piel Island.
Yanwath History
There are some historic monuments around Yanwath:
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common
- Blencow Old Hall moated tower house
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Dunmallard small multivallate hillfort
- Round cairn 475m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Romano-British settlement at Cragside Wood
- The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Holme Head standing stone 260m north west of Kitchenhill Bridge
- Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone
- Round cairn 285m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Maiden Castle univallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Little Meg round cairn
- Moated site of Dacre Castle
- Round cairn 520m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Skirsgill Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement, Romano-British farmstead, and Romano-British regular aggregate field system
- Sewborrans standing stone 400m south west of Sewborwens
- Slight univallate hillfort in Scarside Plantation
- Bowl barrow 350m north east of The Wreay
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle, associated cursus and prehistoric enclosure
- Throstle Brow prehistoric enclosure
- Eamont Bridge
- Askham Fell stone alignment
- Towtop Kirk early Christian enclosure
- Small stone circle on Swarth Fell
- Catterlen Hall tower house
- Long cairn 370m ESE of Mossthorn Farm
- Round cairn on Heughscar Hill
- Standing stone 180m NNE of Skirsgill
- Two round cairns 415m and 420m NNE of The Cockpit, Moor Divock
- Roman fortlet at Salkeld Gate
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Roman camp 200m west of Galleygill Bridge
- Dolphenby medieval settlement and part of its associated open field system
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Linear stone bank on Askham Fell
- Bowl barrow 80m east of Scarside Plantation
- Moated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood
- Romano-British settlement and regular aggregate field system north of Yanwath Wood
- White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Edenhall Cross 230m north west of St Cuthbert's Church
- Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
- Bowl barrow 850m WSW of Yanwath Woodhouse Farm
- Round cairn 515m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Moated site east of Newton Reigny
- Round cairn west of Riddingleys Top, Askham Fell
- Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay
- Mayburgh henge
- The Countess Pillar
- King Arthur's Round Table henge
- Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure
- Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Roman camp north west of Balmer's Farm
- Little Round Table henge
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of Widewath
- Clifton Hall tower
- Round cairn 680m ENE of Dalefoot
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Two standing stones and a round cairn south of Crooklands
- Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise
- The Giant's Grave - Two Anglian cross-shafts and four hogback stones in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Site of Catterlen Old Hall
- Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise
- Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of Widewath
- Cross in St Michael's churchyard, Addingham
- The Giant's Thumb - Anglian high cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Penrith
- Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle
- Round cairn 50m north east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell
- Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones
- Old Penrith (Voreda) Plumpton Wall
