Langwathby

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Langwathby
Langwathby (Cumbria)
Langwathby

Langwathby shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY569336
District Eden
Shire county Cumbria
Region North West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA10
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
European Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Penrith and the Border
List of places: UKEnglandCumbria

Coordinates: 54°41′45″N 2°40′12″W / 54.695938, -2.670071

Langwathby is a village in northern Cumbria, England. It is situated about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Penrith on the A686 road. The village lies on the banks of the River Eden.

The village is centred around a large village green next to which stands the village pub, post office and village hall. There is a primary school on the road to Little Salkeld.

At Langwathby Hall is the visitor attraction and working ostrich farm called Eden Ostrich World.

The Settle to Carlisle Railway has a station in the village.

The civil parish includes the nearby village of Edenhall which was a separate parish until 1934.

[edit] Industry

At Langwathby there is a chicken processing factory, egg packing station and an animal feed mill.

At Barbary Plains just outside Edenhall there is a cement block works formerly owned by Hanson plc but now owned by RMC.