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
Ais Gill Railway Bridge near Mallerstang 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 Bow Bridge near Newton
Brathay Foot Bridge Bridge near Camerton
Bridge near Rosthwaite Bridge over Green Moor beck
Bridge to Finsthwaite High Dam Briery Bridge on Keswick Railway Cyclepath
Broughton Mills Bridge and Cottage Burneside Bridge
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
Kirby Stephen Bridge over River Eden Kirkstile Village Church Bridge
Langdale Beck Bridge at Chapel Stile Langstrath Beck Bridge
Laverock Bridge near Skelsmergh Levens Bridge from Levens Hall
Lingcove Bridge Mickleden Beck Foot Bridge
Midfell Foot Bridge Miller Bridge Kendal
Millerground Footbridge Milnthorpe Bridge over River Bela
Miners Bridge Monks Bridge River Calder
Mouldry Bank Miners Bridge Natty Bridge
Nether Bridge Kendal New Bridge at Chapel Stile
New Road Foot Bridge Kendal Newby Bridge
Newlands Beck Bridge at Stair Newlands Beck Foot Bridge
Old Railway Bridge Kendal Old Railway Bridge over the River Greta
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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