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Ennerdale Bridge

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Population
  
220 (2011)

Region
  
North West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Saturday 12:30 AM

Dialling code
  
01946

Civil parish
  
Ennerdale and Kinniside

OS grid reference
  
NY069159

Country
  
England

Post town
  
CLEATOR

Shire county
  
Cumbria

District
  
Copeland

UK parliament constituency
  
Copeland

Ennerdale Bridge

Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 21 km/h, 93% Humidity

Ennerdale Bridge is a hamlet in the county of Cumbria, England. The nearest civil parish is called Ennerdale and Kinniside. It had a total population taken at the 2011 census of 220.

Contents

Map of Ennerdale Bridge, Cleator, UK

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.

The parish church, dedicated to St Mary, is Victorian - dating from 1858 - in the Romanesque style.

Etymology

The name 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.

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.

References

Ennerdale Bridge Wikipedia