Newby Bridge is a
hamlet
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in the
Lake District
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 ...
,
Cumbria
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, England.
Historically in
Lancashire
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, it is located several miles west of
Grange-over-Sands
Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England, a few miles south of the Lake District Lake District National Park, National Park. In the United Kingdom Census 201 ...
and is on the
River Leven, close to the southern end of
Windermere
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.
History
The name derives from the bridge over the River Leven.
Transport
Newby Bridge railway station is an intermediate halt on the
heritage
Heritage may refer to:
History and society
* A heritage asset A heritage asset is an item which has value because of its contribution to a nation's society, knowledge and/or culture. Such items are usually physical assets, but some countries also ...
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway (L&HR) is a heritage railway in Cumbria, England.
History Furness Railway operation of the branch line
The railway is a former branch line of the Furness Railway (FR) and was opened on 1 June 1869. The li ...
between and . The line was once part of the
Furness Railway from ; a terrace of houses adjoining the railway was built for its workers.
The area is served by the number 6 bus route, operated by
Stagecoach Cumbria; this connects Newby Bridge with
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borou ...
,
Bowness-on-Windermere, Grange-over-Sands,
Kendal
Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness, England. It lies within the River Kent's dale, from which its name is derived, just outside the boundary of t ...
and
Ulverston
Ulverston is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it lies a few miles south of the Lake District Lake District National Park, National Park and j ...
.
[ ]
The
A590 road runs through Newby Bridge, connecting Barrow-in-Furness to the
M6 motorway
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close to Kendal.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Colton, Cumbria
*
Listed buildings in Staveley-in-Cartmel
References
Hamlets in Cumbria
Furness
Staveley-in-Cartmel
Colton, Cumbria
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