Ennerdale Bridge is a
hamlet
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in the county of
Cumbria
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, England. It is in the
civil parish
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of
Ennerdale and Kinniside. It had a total population taken at the
2011 census of 220.
Description
Ennerdale Bridge lies at the confluence of
Croasdale Beck and the
River Ehen
The River Ehen is a river in Cumbria, England.
The river's source is at the west end of Ennerdale Water: it runs west through Ennerdale Bridge where it is joined by Croasdale Beck (flowing from Banna Fell). Ennerdale Water itself is fed by the ...
and is on the border of the
Lake District National Park that uses both watercourses as its boundary. The nearest town is
Cleator Moor
Cleator Moor is a town and civil parish in Cumbria, England, within the historic county of Cumberland. It had a population of 6,936 at the 2011 census.
Below Dent Fell, the town is on the Coast to Coast Walk that spans Northern England. ...
to its west. Ennerdale Bridge appear in many versions of the
Coast to Coast Walk
The Coast to Coast Walk is a long-distance footpath between the west and east coasts of Northern England, nominally long. Devised by Alfred Wainwright, it passes through three contrasting national parks: the Lake District National Park, th ...
and is from its western end.
The
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
, dedicated to St Mary, is
Victorian - dating from 1858 - in the
Romanesque style.
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.
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
Lamplugh () is a scattered community and civil parish located in West Cumbria on the edge of the English Lake District and historically part of Cumberland. It had a population of 763 in 2001, increasing to 805 at the 2011 Census.
The main A50 ...
with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,025.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Ennerdale and Kinniside
*
Ennerdale Water
Ennerdale Water is the most westerly lake in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is a glacial lake, with a maximum depth of 150 feet (45 metres), and is ½ mile to a mile (700 to 1,500 metres) wide and 2½ miles (3.9 kilo ...
References
External links
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Hamlets in Cumbria
Borough of Copeland