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