Troutbeck Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is situated 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) north of Windermere on the A591 road running through the Lake District and was historically in the county of Westmorland. 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. Troutbeck Bridge takes its name from where the road crosses the Trout Beck.
| Troutbeck Bridge | |
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.jpg) The A591 road through Troutbeck Bridge | |
  Troutbeck Bridge Location in South Lakeland  Troutbeck Bridge Location within Cumbria | |
| OS grid reference | NY404002 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WINDERMERE |
| Postcode district | LA23 |
| Dialling code | 015394 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
The community is served by a petrol station and convenience store, an inn and restaurant, a secondary school and a gym.
History edit
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, later known as the Windermere Boys, arrived from Eastern Europe to the Calgarth Estate to begin new lives:[2][3] a film of their experience titled The Windermere Children was released in 2020. The site is now occupied by The Lakes School.
Transport edit
The A591 road passes through Troutbeck Bridge, with Windermere to the south and Ambleside to the north. The nearest railway station is Windermere, 1+1⁄2 miles (2.5 kilometres) away, which is well connected to the village by local bus services.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Windermere and Bowness Town Council Website". Windermere and Bowness Town Council. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "LDHP Permanent Exhibition "From Auschwitz to Ambleside"". The Lake District Holocaust Project. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "The inspiring story of how Windermere helped 300 Jewish children fleeing the Nazis". Lancashire Life. Retrieved 19 February 2019.