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Yanwath is a village in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, 1 mile south of Penrith.

Yanwath
Yanwath Hall
Yanwath Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY5127
Civil parish	Yanwath and Eamont Bridge
District	Eden
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	01768
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border
List of places UK England Cumbria 54.6425°N 2.7579°W / 54.6425; -2.7579

There is a primary school at Yanwath, with 192 pupils.[1]

Yanwath Gate Inn, in the centre of the village, dates from the 17th century. It is a Grade II listed building.[2]

Half a mile north-west of the village, Yanwath Hall is a fortified tower house. Its oldest parts were built in the late 14th century. It is a Grade I listed building.[3]

Railway explosion

The West Coast Main Line runs near Yanwath. It was on this stretch of railway that a disastrous explosion occurred only 21 years after its opening, in 1867. On the night of 26 February that year a goods train, running late from Tebay, derailed. One of its wagons, carrying two tons of gunpowder, ended up on the opposite track, and moments later, another goods train collided with the gunpowder wagon and caused an explosion. Both the driver and fireman of the latter goods train died. The explosion blew out windows, felled telegraph wires, and caused debris to rain down on Yanwath. Miraculously, there were no further deaths or injuries.[4]

References

External links

• Cumbria County History Trust: Yanwath and Eamont Bridge (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

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