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