Yanwath and Eamont Bridge

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Yanwath and Eamont Bridge
Civil parish
Status: Civil Parish
Administration
Primary council: Eden
County: Cumbria
Region: North West England
Politics
UK Parliament: Penrith and The Border
European Parliament: North West England

Yanwath & Eamont Bridge is a civil parish in Eden District, Cumbria comprising of the small village of Yanwath and most of the neighbouring village of Eamont Bridge.

The parish council meets at the village hall in Eamont Bridge.

The civil parish was created in 1866 and was formerly a township of the parish of Barton.

There is a primary school at Yanwath.

The parish boundaries are partially marked by the Rivers Eamont and Lowther.

The parish combines with the parishes of Sockbridge and Tirril and Clifton to make up the Eamont ward of Eden District Council.