Ennerdale Bridge

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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]

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 appears in many versions of Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk and is Script error: No such module "convert". 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-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 of Ennerdale. This ward stretches north to Lamplugh with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,025.[7]

See also

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References

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External links

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