Yanwath

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

Yanwath
Yanwath Hall
Yanwath is located in Cumbria
Yanwath
Yanwath
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY5127
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPENRITH
Postcode districtCA10
Dialling code01768
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

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
  1. "Yanwath Primary School website". Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  2. Historic England. "The Gate Inn, Yanwath (1145303)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. Historic England. "Yanwath Hall (1049080)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. "The Yanwath railway explosion". Crimes of the Centuries. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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