Temple Sowerby

Temple Sowerby is a village in Cumbria, northern England. It is close to the main east-west A66 road about eight miles (13 km) east of Penrith in the Eden Valley.

At the centre of the village is the village green surrounded by cottages and houses, the village hall, the Kings Arms public house and the Church of England school. On the other side of the road is the award-winning Temple Sowerby House Hotel and Restaurant. Just outside the village stands the cricket pitch, a bowling green, the new doctors surgery and the Temple Sowerby garage. The National Trust property Acorn Bank is nearby, which dates back to the days of the crusades when a knight of the templar lived there. The village's association with the Knights Templar gave it the name 'Temple'. Sowerby is Viking for "a homestead with poor soil".

Railway

Temple Sowerby railway station (now a private house) was on the Eden Valley Railway between Cliburn and Kirkby Thore.

A66 Bypass

The villagers of Temple Sowerby have successfully campaigned for a bypass for the village [http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5107.aspx] Construction of the bypass began in the spring of 2006 and it was officially opened on Thursday 18th October 2007.

There was a celebratory walk of the bypass route on Sunday 16th September 2007, allowing people a unique opportunity to walk along the route of the Temple Sowerby bypass before it was opened to traffic. The walk was extremely successful, with more than 500 people taking part.

External links

* [http://www.templesowerby.com/ Temple Sowerby House Hotel & Restaurant website]
* [http://www.temple-sowerby.co.uk/bypass Temple Sowerby Bypass Celebration website]
* [http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/5107.aspx Highways Agency - Temple Sowerby Bypass]
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/t/temple_sowerby/index.shtml Railway station site record]