Ashness Bridge

Ashness Bridge is a traditional stone-built bridge on the single-track road from the Borrowdale road (B5289) to Watendlath, in the English Lake District, Cumbria.[1][2]

Ashness Bridge

The bridge is at grid reference NY270196, and is known for being a fine viewpoint across Borrowdale towards Skiddaw, including views of Derwent Water nearby.[3]

It or its predecessor may have been a packhorse bridge[3] conveying packhorse traffic from Watendlath to Keswick.[4]

Near the bridge is a small cairn to Bob Graham, who ran a round of 42 Lakeland peaks in 1932 (in under 24 hours), a record which was not equalled for 28 years.

The Derwent and Bassenthwaite waters from Ashness Bridge.

The area is owned by the National Trust.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Ashness Bridge and Surprise View". Visit Keswick. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. "Surprise View and Ashness Bridge". Visit Cumbria. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. "Ashness Bridge, wildlife and a surprise view!". UK: National Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. Hinchliffe, Ernest (1994). A Guide to the Packhorse Bridges of England. Milnrow, Cumbria: Cicerone Press. p. 35. ISBN 1-85284-143-5.
Ashness Bridge

54.5672045°N 3.1301167°W / 54.5672045; -3.1301167


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