Ennerdale Bridge

For the bridges in Kingston upon Hull, see Ennerdale Link Bridges.

Ennerdale Bridge
The Shepherds Arms Hotel, Ennerdale Bridge
Ennerdale Bridge Location in Copeland Borough Show map of the former Borough of Copeland Ennerdale Bridge Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
Population	220 (2011)
OS grid reference	NY069159
Civil parish	Ennerdale and Kinniside
Unitary authority	Cumberland
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLEATOR
Postcode district	CA23
Dialling code	01946
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Whitehaven and Workington
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°31′48″N3°26′17″W / 54.530°N 3.438°W / 54.530; -3.438

Ennerdale Bridge is a hamlet in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the civil parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside. It had a total population taken at the 2011 census of 220. ^[1]

Description

Ennerdale Bridge lies at the confluence of Croasdale Beck and the River Ehen and is on the border of the Lake District National Park that uses both watercourses as its boundary. The nearest town is Cleator Moor to its west. Ennerdale Bridge appears in many versions of Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk and is 13 miles (21 km) from its western end. ^[2]

The parish church, dedicated to St Mary, is Victorian - dating from 1858 - in the Romanesque style. ^[3]

Etymology

The name Ennerdale means 'Anund's valley', from 'Anundar', genitive of the Old Norse personal name 'Anundr'/'Qnundr', and 'dalr' 'valley', cross-influenced by 'Ehen', the name of the local river. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The village has a community-run café, The Gather, which is a popular stop-off for tourists walking the famed Coast to Coast walk.

Governance

The civil parish falls in the electoral ward of Ennerdale. This ward stretches north to Lamplugh with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,025. ^[7]

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Listed buildings in Ennerdale and Kinniside
• Ennerdale Water

References

1. "Civil parish population 2011" . Retrieved 15 June 2015.
2. Coast to Coast Walk - Part 1
3. Parish website - follow links to church
4. Whaley, Diana (2006). A dictionary of Lake District place-names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society. pp. lx, 423, 109. ISBN   0904889726.
5. Whaley, 2006, p.109-110,
6. Whaley, 2006, p.392
7. "Ennerdale ward population 2011" . Retrieved 15 June 2015.

External links

• Brief description ^{[ permanent dead link ]}