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