Grayrigg

Grayrigg
Westmorland
St John the Evangelist, Grayrigg
Location
Grid reference:	SD578971
Location:	54°22’6"N, 2°38’58"W
Data
Population:	242  (2011)
Post town:	Kendal
Postcode:	LA8
Dialling code:	01539
Local Government
Council:	Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary constituency:	Westmorland and Lonsdale

Grayrigg is a small village in Westmorland, on undulated and partly mountainous land, five miles north-east of Kendal, on the north side of the West Coast Main Line, and west side of the M6 motorway.

History

The area around Grayrigg has provided evidence of an ancient Roman camp.

During the Middle Ages Grayrigg formed a chapelry and township centred on the chapel dedicated to St John the Evangelist, which is still the village church.

Railway accidents

Grayrigg's 20th and 21st century history is marked by two high-profile major train crashes.

The Grayrigg derailment

• On 18 May 1947, a 13-carriage Glasgow to London express failed to stop at the signals for Lambrigg Crossing and collided with a locomotive with 33 people injured, three seriously.
• On 23 February 2007, Lambrigg Crossovers (54°21’31"N, 2°39’21"W), south of Grayrigg was the site of the Grayrigg derailment, a fatal derailment involving a Virgin Trains service from London Euston to Glasgow Central.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Grayrigg)

See also

• Grayrigg Forest