Troutbeck Bridge

Troutbeck Bridge
Westmorland
The A591 road through Troutbeck Bridge
Location
Grid reference:	NY404002
Location:	54°23’38"N, 2°55’10"W
Data
Post town:	Windermere
Postcode:	LA23
Dialling code:	015394
Local Government
Council:	Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary constituency:	Westmorland and Lonsdale

Troutbeck Bridge is a village in Westmorland, a mile north of Windermere Village on the A591 road. The village takes its name from where the road crosses the Trout Beck.

The main secondary school for Windermere and Ambleside, The Lakes School, is located in the village, as is the postal sorting office for the area. This little community is also served by a petrol station and convenience store, a Mexican restaurant, a secondary school and a gym.

History

The Calgarth Estate was a wartime housing estate built to house the workers of the nearby flying boat factory at White Cross Bay. By the end of the Second World War the workers had returned to their homes throughout Britain and in 1945 three hundred child survivors of the Holocaust arrived from Eastern Europe to the Calgarth Estate to begin new lives. The site is now occupied by The Lakes School.

Transport

The A591 road passes through Troutbeck Bridge, with Windermere to the south and Ambleside to the north. The nearest railway station is Windermere a mile and a half away, which is well connected to the village by local bus services.