Glenridding

Glenridding
Village
Looking down on Glenridding village and Ullswater from the west
Glenridding Location in the former Eden District Show map of the former Eden District Glenridding Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY383170
Civil parish	Patterdale
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA11
Dialling code	017684
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border

Greenside in 2009. The buildings seen here are the lower part of the mine complex which spreads up the hillside.

Glenridding across Ullswater, with one of the steamers leaving the pier

Glenridding is a village at the southern end of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England's third-highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there.

Etymology

The name Glenridding is generally agreed to be Cumbric in origin, with the first element being *glinn, 'valley', and the second being *redïn, 'ferns, bracken' (cf. Welsh glyn rhedyn),^[1][2] giving a meaning of 'valley overgrown with bracken'.^[2] First recorded as Glenredyn in around 1290,^[2] the name's present form is thought to have been influenced by the Middle English element ridding, 'clearing'.^[1]

Geography

Glenridding is in the civil parish of Patterdale.

On 6 December 2015, Storm Desmond caused extensive and devastating flooding to the village, with torrential rainfall and rivers bursting their banks. Four days later, more rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks once again, leading to even more flood damage to businesses and homes in the village. Following the floods the community set up a Flood Action Group who continue to work on recovery and resilience measures to reduce the risk of future flooding.^[3][4][5]

Community and culture

Each year, on Easter Monday, a duck race is organised by the local mountain rescue team to raise funds.^{[citation needed]} The village also has a rich sporting history, particularly in the traditional Lakeland sport of Fell Running and each September the Helvellyn Triathlon is held at Jenkins' Field by the shores of Ullswater, at one time considered the toughest triathlon in the UK.^[6]

Amenities

The village has accommodation including two youth hostels and camping sites. Glenridding House provides luxury bed and breakfast accommodation. There is also a tourist information centre, Ullswater Information Centre.^[7]

Greenside Mine

See also: Greenside Mine

Above the village is the site of the former Greenside Mine, once the largest lead mine in the Lake District. Lead ore was discovered in the 18th century and the site was mined from the second half of the 18th century until the mine closed in 1962. Without the mine, the houses and economy of Glenridding and the surrounding area would not have existed.^[8]

Ullswater Steamers

Glenridding is home to the Ullswater 'Steamers', a leisure boat trip company which operates five vessels from the pier at Glenridding. The company was founded to provide a transport link for goods from Glenridding to Pooley Bridge and onwards to Penrith.

Glenridding in popular culture

The village and surrounding area was used to film the TV drama series The Lakes, and has also featured in a scene in Coronation Street.

See also

• Listed buildings in Patterdale

References

1. "The Brittonic Language in the Old North" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
2. "Derivation of the names of Lake District Towns". Lakeland Memories. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
3. Watson, Leon; Clarke-Billings, Lucy (10 December 2015). "Cumbria floods: Glenridding flooded as river bursts its banks". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
4. "Storm Desmond: Rain causes further Cumbria flooding". BBC News. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
5. Quinn, Ben (10 December 2015). "Cumbrian village deals with more devastation as river bursts banks again". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
6. "Helvellyn Triathlon | TriHard Events". Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
7. "Lake District National Park - Ullswater Information Centre at Glenridding". Lake District National Park Authority. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
8. * Murphy, Samuel (1996). Grey Gold. Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire: Moiety. ISBN 0952636077.

External links

• PatterdalePAST Archived 29 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine - Local History, including genealogical sources, old photographs, war memorial biographies, old maps and much more.
• Cumbria County History Trust: Patterdale with Hartsop Archived 7 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
• Video of the Glenridding to Glencoyne Bay walk Archived 7 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Glenridding Large Sunny Images Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Glenridding Archived 13 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
• Lake District Walks - Glenridding Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Glenridding War Memorial Information Archived 3 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Glenridding Community Flood Group Website Archived 28 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine