Ponsonby

Ponsonby is a locality in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. Ponsonby is situated nearby to the hamlet New Mill, as well as near the village Gosforth.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gosforth Cross and Ponsonby Tarn.

Gosforth Cross

Archaeological site

Photo: English Lakes, Public domain.

The Gosforth Cross is a large stone monument in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD.

Ponsonby Tarn

Lake

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ponsonby Tarn is a lake.

Calder Abbey in Cumbria was a Savigniac monastery founded in 1134 by Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester, and moved to this site following a refoundation in 1142. It became Cistercian in 1148. It is near the village of Calderbridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seascale and Haile.

Seascale

Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.

Haile

Village

Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Haile is a small village and civil parish in Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 617 at the 2011 census. Nearby settlements include the town of Egremont and the villages of Thornhill and Beckermet. Haile is situated 3 miles northwest of Ponsonby.

Calder Bridge

Village

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Calder Bridge is a small village in Cumbria in England. It is located between the hamlets of Gosforth and Beckermet and lies on the River Calder. It is around 1 mile northeast from the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956.

Ponsonby

Type: Locality
Location: Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4299° or 54° 25′ 48″ north

Longitude

-3.4551° or 3° 27′ 19″ west

Elevation

344 feet (105 metres)

Open location code

9C6RCGHV+XW

GeoNames ID

7293191

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