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.
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 from its western end.Coast to Coast Walk - Part 1
The parish church, dedicated to St Mary, is Victorian - dating from 1858 - in the Romanesque style.Parish website - follow links to church
Toponymy 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.Whaley, 2006, p.109-110,Whaley, 2006, p.392
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.
See also
Listed buildings in Ennerdale and Kinniside Ennerdale Water
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Brief description