Santon Bridge

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Santon Bridge
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The bridge and the Bridge Inn at Santon Bridge
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Santon Bridge
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Santon Bridge
Location within Cumbria
Population316 (2011)
OS grid reference NY110016
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  • Irton with Santon
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HOLMROOK
Postcode district CA19
Dialling code 019467
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54°24′07″N3°22′16″W / 54.402°N 3.371°W / 54.402; -3.371 Coordinates: 54°24′07″N3°22′16″W / 54.402°N 3.371°W / 54.402; -3.371

Santon Bridge is a small village in Copeland, Cumbria, England, at a bridge over the River Irt. The civil parish is called Irton with Santon. The population of this civil parish as at the 2011 census was 316. [1] The Bridge Inn is the venue for the annual World's Biggest Liar competition. [2]

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References

  1. "Civil parish population 2011" . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. "Liar!". Bridge Inn. Retrieved 16 May 2012.