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
Ennerdale and Kinniside is a civil parish in the Cumberland (unitary authority), Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census it had a population of 220.
The parish has an area of .
The village of Enne ...
. 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
The Lake District, also known as ''the Lakes'' or ''Lakeland'', is a mountainous region and National parks of the United Kingdom, national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and mou ...
that uses both watercourses as its boundary. The nearest town is
Cleator Moor
Cleator Moor is a town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The parish was historically called Cleator. During the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the new settlement of Cleator Moor was built on the moo ...
to its west. Ennerdale Bridge appears in many versions of
Alfred Wainwright
Alfred Wainwright Order of the British Empire, MBE (17 January 1907 – 20 January 1991), who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright or A.W., was a British fellwalking, fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. His seven-volume ''Pictorial ...
's
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, ...
and is from its western end.
The
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), 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 com ...
, dedicated to St Mary, is
Victorian
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19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literatur ...
- 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-run café, The Gather, which is a popular stop-off for tourists walking the famed Coast to Coast walk.
Governance
The civil parish falls in the
electoral ward
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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 and Kinniside is a civil parish in the Cumberland (unitary authority), Cumberland district, Cumbria, England. It contains four Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for Engl ...
*
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 , and is wide and long.
The lake lies in the eponymous valley of Ennerdale, surrounded by some ...
References
External links
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Hamlets in Cumbria
Cumberland (unitary authority)