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Bigrigg

Bigrigg is a village in the civil parish of Egremont, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.

Bigrigg
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The place

Bigrigg is a village in the civil parish of Egremont, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Until 1974 it was in the historic county of Cumberland. From 1974 to 2023 it was in Copeland district.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bigrigg

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Dent

    Dent is a small fell on the fringe of the English Lake District near the towns of Cleator Moor and Egremont. Sometimes known as Long Barrow, it is traditionally the first fell encountered by hikers following Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.

    3.9 km · mountain in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Egremont Castle

    Egremont Castle is located in the town of Egremont, Cumbria.

    2.7 km · Grade I listed castle in Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria , England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Bees Priory

    St Bees Priory is the parish church of St Bees, Cumbria, in England. There is evidence of a pre-Norman religious site, on which a Benedictine priory was founded by the first Norman Lord of Egremont William Meschin.

    3.4 km · church, formerly Benedictine priory in Cumbria, England, UK, a cell of St Mary's, York · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Keekle Viaduct

    Keekle Viaduct is a former railway viaduct near Keekle, Cumbria, England.

    3.3 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of St Leonard

    St Leonard is a church in Cleator, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle.

    1.3 km · church building in Cleator Moor, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St John

    St John, Bigrigg is an Anglican church near Bigrigg, in Cumbria in northern England. It is in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle.

    900 m · church building in Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Town Hall

    Egremont Town Hall is a municipal building in Main Street, Egremont, Cumbria, England. The town hall, which is currently used as a public library, is a Grade II listed building.

    2.3 km · town hall in Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of St Mary and St Michael

    St Mary & St Michael is in Egremont, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle.

    2.7 km · church building in Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Bigrigg

Airports
Isle of Man (IOM), 84 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 129 km · Newcastle (NCL), 133 km
Stations
St Bees railway station, 3.3 km
  • Castletown → Bigrigg
    86 km · quickest by road, 7h 35m · $19–26
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Bigrigg
    130 km · quickest by road, 3h 51m · £20–27
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Bigrigg
    134 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £15–20
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bigrigg

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bigrigg. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    157 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    192 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    218 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    303 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    325 km

If you know how people move in Bigrigg – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Bigrigg

  • Cleator Moortown and civil parish in Cumbria, United Kingdom2.9 km
  • Egremonttown and civil parish in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England2.3 km
  • St Beesvillage and civil parish in Cumbria, UK3.2 km
  • Moor Rowvillage in Borough of Copeland, Cumbria, United Kingdom1.3 km
  • Hensinghamvillage in Cumbria, England, UK3.7 km
  • Cleatorvillage in Cumbria, United Kingdom1.4 km