Bridges of Cumbria, and The Lake District.

Bridges in Cumbria

The Bridges section of the Cumbria Directory is in memory of our photographer and friend, Graeme Dougal, who died on February 3, 2003.

Slaters Bridge in summer courtesy Graeme DougalThere are many varieties of bridges in Cumbria, from those just for walkers to those that serve modern transportation. The county’s historic packhorse bridges date mostly from the 17th century. They were used by to transport salt, wool, cloth, slate, coal and lead ore. Drovers used them to move sheep and cattle to markets and towns.

16th century River Irthing Bridge near Lanercost Priory courtesy Graeme DougalThe packhorse bridges were specially designed narrow in width with low parapets for clearance to accommodate the heavy, goods-laden panniers on the backs of animals.

Originally the bridges were wooden planks with log supports; later the wood was replaced with stone piers and arches. In the 18th century turnpike roads were built for transportation, rendering many of the bridges obsolete for their originally intended purpose.

A685 Bridge and River Lune below Aira Force Lower Bridge
Appletree Worth Beck Bridge Appletreeworth Beck New Foot Bridge
Ashness Bridge Bakerstead Bridge over River Mite
Barrow Beck Bridge Bassenthwaite Ouse Bridge
Beck Stones Foot Bridge Birk Hagg Wood Foot Bridge
Birks Bridge Bleng River Bridge
Bolton Bridge Boot Bridge
Brathay Foot Bridge Bridge near Rosthwaite
Bridge over Green Moor beck Bridge to Finsthwaite High Dam
Briery Bridge on Keswick Railway Cyclepath Broughton Mills Bridge and Cottage
Caldbeck Bridge Carrock Beck Bridge
Cawdale Beck Slate Bridge Chinese Bridge Derwentwater
Cockley Beck Bridge Colby Bridge
Combe Gill Bridge Near Rosthwaite Coppermines Miners Bridge
Cove Bridge Crosby Gill Bridge
Dalegarth Station Bridge Ravenglass Railway Doctor Bridge River Esk
Eamont Bridge Elterwater Bridge
Farleton Bridge Finsthwaite High Dam Bridge
Fitz Park Foot Bridge Keswick Fogmire Beck Foot Bridge Wasdale
Goldrill Bridge Grange Bridge
Grasmere Outflow Bridge Great Langdale Beck Foot Bridge
Great Langdale New Bridge Grisedale Bridge
Hadrians Wall Bridge Near Burtholme Hawes Bridge near Natland
Helton Pack Horse Bridge Hesk Fell Area Bridge
High Dam Foot Bridge High Sweden Bridge
Honister Pass Bridge Irthing River Bridge
Isel Bridge over River Derwent Kendal Canal Old Foot Bridge
Keswick Bypass Bridge Kidshall Bridge at Chapel Stile
Kirkstile Village Church Bridge Langdale Beck Bridge at Chapel Stile
Langstrath Beck Bridge Laverock Bridge near Skelsmergh
Lingcove Bridge Mickleden Beck Foot Bridge
Midfell Foot Bridge Miller Bridge Kendal
Millerground Footbridge Miners Bridge
Monks Bridge River Calder Mouldry Bank Miners Bridge
Natty Bridge Nether Bridge Kendal
New Road Foot Bridge Kendal Newby Bridge
Newlands Beck Bridge at Stair Newlands Beck Foot Bridge
Old Railway Bridge Kendal Original Romney Foot Bridge Kendal
Ousenstand Bridge Oxenholme to Winderemere Railway Bridge
Park Lane Canal Bridge near Holme Parr Street Canal Bridge Kendal
Pelter Bridge at Rydal Penny Rock Foot Bridge in Deer Bolt Woods
Pooley Bridge Portinscale Foot Bridge with view of Dodd
Portinscale to Ullock Farm Path Bridge Rakefoot Footbridge
River Esk Foot Bridge Rosthwaite Bridge
Rothay River Bridge Scale Bridge
Seatoller Hause Gill Bridge Sebergham Bell Bridge
Sedgwick Aquaduct Bridge Shepherds Bridge High Yewdale
Skelwith Bridge Skelwith Foot Bridge
Slaters Bridge Sleddale Beck Bridge
Smardale Bridge Sosgill Bridge
Spooney Green Bridge Stockley Bridge
Stone path over Strands Beck Stramongate Bridge Kendal
Styhead Gill Foot Bridge Thorney Bank Bridge
Tilberthwaite Ghyll Bridge Trout Beck Old Slate Bridge
Truss Gap Foot Bridge Ulpha Bridge
Ulthwaite Bridge Victoria Bridge Kendal
Walna Scar Pack Horse Bridge Walna Scar Track Bridge
Wasdale Head Pack Horse Bridge Watendlath Beck Pack Horse Bridge
Wath Bridge Whelpo Bridge
Willowford Bridge Wivel Foot Bridge Keswick
Wrynose Pass Bridge

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