Ennerdale Bridge

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Ennerdale Bridge
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The Shepherds Arms Hotel, Ennerdale Bridge
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Ennerdale Bridge
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Ennerdale Bridge
Location within Cumbria
Population220 (2011)
OS grid reference NY069159
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CLEATOR
Postcode district CA23
Dialling code 01946
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54°31′48″N3°26′17″W / 54.530°N 3.438°W / 54.530; -3.438 Coordinates: 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]

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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 appear in many versions of the 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 ran cafe, The Gather, which is a popular stop off for tourists walking the famed Wainwrights Coast-2-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]

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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.