Ennerdale Bridge

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

Ennerdale Bridge
The Shepherds Arms Hotel, Ennerdale Bridge
Ennerdale Bridge is located in the former Borough of Copeland
Ennerdale Bridge
Ennerdale Bridge
Location in Copeland Borough
Ennerdale Bridge is located in Cumbria
Ennerdale Bridge
Ennerdale Bridge
Location within Cumbria
Population220 (2011)
OS grid referenceNY069159
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCLEATOR
Postcode districtCA23
Dialling code01946
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°31′48″N 3°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 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]

See also

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.
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