Calder Bridge
| Calder Bridge | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Main road through Calder Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY041059 |
| Location: | 54°26’25"N, 3°28’45"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Seascale |
| Postcode: | CA20 |
| Dialling code: | 01946 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Copeland |
Calder Bridge (also Calderbridge) is a hamlet on the River Calder close to the west coast of Cumberland, located between the villages of Gosforth and Beckermet.
This little place is around a mile northeast of the Sellafield nuclear plant: the world's first industrial-scale nuclear generating plant, Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station opened in 1956, and now closed, stands at Calder just to the south.[1]
Around the village
The parish church is St Bridget's Church. The current church was built in 1842.[2]
Calder Abbey, which stands by the River Calder just northeast of Calder Bridge, is a picturesque ruin adjoining Calder Abbey House, a largely 19th-century house which incorporates some remains of the abbey.[3]
On the south side of Calder Bridge lies the Grade II listed Pelham House (named after Herbert Pelham, 3rd bishop of Barrow-in-Furness) but formerly known as Ponsonby Hall. It was built in 1774 and was designed by James Paine for Edward Stanley. This is currently used as offices for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, and before this was used as a School for Boys.[3]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Calder Hall Power Station. The Engineer. 5 October 1956. http://www.theengineer.co.uk/in-depth/classic-archive/october-1956-calder-hall-nuclear-station/294378.article. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland, 1967 Penguin Books
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Calder Bridge on 'Visit'