Braithwaite is a village in the northern
Lake District, in
Cumbria
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, England.
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in
Cumberland, it lies just to the west of
Keswick and to the east of the
Grisedale Pike ridge, in the
Borough of Allerdale. It forms part of the
civil parish
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of
Above Derwent.
The eastern end of the
Whinlatter Pass road is in the village. The
A66 road bypass
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es Braithwaite, but does not enter the village.
Braithwaite is situated around
Coledale Beck, a brook which joins
Newlands Beck shortly after passing through the village. Newlands Beck (coming from the
Newlands Valley
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) then flows north towards
Bassenthwaite Lake.
Braithwaite has a Village Shop by the Low Bridge, several pubs, including the Coledale Inn, the Royal Oak and the Middle Ruddings Hotel.
Braithwaite is easily accessible due to its close proximity to the A66. It has a campsite with a caravan park, B + Bs, pubs and guest houses. It has a wide range of sports including sailing, climbing,
abseiling, canoeing,
hang-gliding,
parasailing,
orienteering
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, bird watching (For
osprey
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s in the nearby lakes), photography and virtually any other outdoor pursuit all within four miles of the village.
Nearby is the Hope Memorial Camp, a residential centre used throughout the year by youth groups from all over the country. The camp was the brain-child of Mr A H Hope, Headmaster of The Roan School, Greenwich (now
The John Roan School) from 1916 to 1930. In 1923, with his own money, Hope bought forty acres of land to the north-west of the village and built four huts on it, to provide his South London grammar school boys with 'an opportunity of seeing mountains and lakes and of having the valuable experience of camping and living at close quarters with others.' With the aid of The Roan Foundation, the original green and white painted wooden structures were replaced in 1989 by more substantial ones using modern building materials.
There is an
Orthodox Church in Braithwaite, dedicated to a few British Saints:
Saints Bega,
Mungo and
Herbert
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. They are under the jurisdiction of the
Archdiocese of Great Britain through the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
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.
The Church is an old Methodist Church and was purchased from them in 2017.
The
Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway, now closed, called at a
station in Braithwaite.
Braithwaite is situated next to the
fell called
Barrow
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England
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. A small mountain in the Newlands region which is a short walk from Braithwaite.
Braithwaite is near to the Whinlatter Forest which has many walking trails of varying length.
Braithwaite Farm hosts a small business hub which includes Keswick Groomers, The Flight Park, Milican, Alpacaly Ever After (offices) and KCS - IT Support & Web Design.
See also
*
2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods#Cumbria floods
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Above Derwent(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Villages in Cumbria
Allerdale
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