Brathay

Brathay
Lancashire
Location
Grid reference:	NY351031
Location:	54°24’36"N, 3°0’0"W
Data
Post town:	Ambleside
Postcode:	LA22
Dialling code:	01539
Local Government
Council:	Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary constituency:	Westmorland and Lonsdale

Brathay is a hamlet and ecclesiastical parish in Lancashire, adjacent to the border with Westmorland, marked here by the River Brathay. It is situated a mile south-west of Ambleside, close to the northern shores of Windermere.

It was constituted as a chapelry in the ancient parish of Hawkshead in 1853. Brathay Hall and the surrounding estate belong to a charity, the Brathay Trust.

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