| Ennerdale Bridge | |
|---|---|
 The Shepherds Arms Hotel, Ennerdale Bridge | |
  Ennerdale Bridge Location in Copeland Borough  Ennerdale Bridge Location within Cumbria | |
| Population | 220 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | NY069159 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CLEATOR |
| Postcode district | CA23 |
| Dialling code | 01946 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
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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England Wainwright's Coast to Coast England prt 1 St Bees to Ennerdale
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Wainwright's Coast To Coast - Day 2 ( Ennerdale Forest - Grasmere )
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A walk round Ennerdale Water
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Ready for the start, up we go from St Bees It going up immediately after the start an exhilirating stride along sea cliffs Nice! Our first fence how many fences are there along the C2C?? after the cliffs we reached the caravan park, now heading to Sandwith marching into Sandwith, time fore a break there are more C2C walkers on their way sloping left down the field to the obvious underpass beneath the railway through boggy field nice path after the village Moor Row comes Cleator Moor its is getting foggy everybody will recognize these stones yes this is the highest style during the C2C trail the valley of Blakeley Moss and yes our first day is finished, it was a nice walk
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
- ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ Coast to Coast Walk - Part 1
- ^ Parish website - follow links to church
- ^ Whaley, Diana (2006). A dictionary of Lake District place-names. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society. pp. lx, 423, 109. ISBN 0904889726.
- ^ Whaley, 2006, p.109-110,
- ^ Whaley, 2006, p.392
- ^ "Ennerdale ward population 2011". Retrieved 15 June 2015.
External links
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