Calder Bridge
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 Main road through Calder Bridge |
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| OS grid reference | NY0406 |
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| Civil parish | Ponsonby |
| District | Copeland |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SEASCALE |
| Postcode district | CA20 |
| Dialling code | 01946 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Copeland |
Coordinates: 54°26′41″N 3°28′26″W / 54.4448°N 3.474°W
Calder Bridge (also Calderbridge) is a hamlet in Cumbria in the United Kingdom. It is located between the villages of Gosforth and Beckermet.
It is around 1 mile northeast from the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956.[1]
The current St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge was built in 1842.[2]
Calder Abbey, which lies 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 (NDA), and before this was used as a School for Boys.[3]
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- ↑ "Calder Hall Power Station". The Engineer. 5 October 1956. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 217, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1
- 1 2 Visit Cumbria. "Calder Bridge". Visit Cumbria. Retrieved 12 March 2015.