Skelwith Bridge
Skelwith Bridge is a small village in the southern area of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. Historically, Skelwith Bridge is part of Westmorland, lying on the ancient boundary with Lancashire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loughrigg Tarn and Black Fell.
Loughrigg Tarn
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loughrigg Tarn is a small, natural lake in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is situated north of Windermere, just north of the village of Skelwith Bridge, and at the foot of Loughrigg Fell.
Black Fell
Peak
Black Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It rises to the north of Tarn Hows, between Coniston and Hawkshead.
Loughrigg Fell
Peak
Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loughrigg Fell is a hill in the central part of the English Lake District. It stands on the end of the long ridge coming down from High Raise over Silver How towards Ambleside, and is separated from its neighbours by the depression of Red Bank.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brathay and Elterwater.
Brathay
Hamlet
Photo: Steph Aitchison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brathay is a hamlet in Skelwith parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the hamlet lies close to Clappersgate on the south bank of the River Brathay, and is about 0.9 miles south west of Ambleside.
Elterwater
Village
Elterwater is a village in the English Lake District and the county of Cumbria. The village lies half a mile north-west of the lake of Elter Water, from which it derives its name.
Clappersgate
Hamlet
Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clappersgate is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in the county of Cumbria, England. Clappersgate is located on the B5286 road and on the River Brathay.
Skelwith Bridge
- Type: Village with 155 residents
- Description: village in Cumbria, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.42138° or 54° 25′ 17″ northLongitude
-3.01185° or 3° 0′ 43″ westPopulation
155Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
9C6RCXCQ+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 434301526OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
13275608Wikidata ID
Q7534537
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Skelwith Bridge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Skelwith Bridge”
- French: “Skelwith Bridge”
- Irish: “Skelwith Bridge”
- Polish: “Skelwith Bridge”
- Welsh: “Skelwith Bridge”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Crag Head and Brunthow Crag.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Skelwith Bridge Community Centre and Bridge How Coppice.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skelwith Bridge”. Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.