Pooley Bridge
Pooley Bridge is a village in the Westmorland and Furness of the northwestern English county of Cumbria, within the traditional borders of Westmorland.
Pooley Bridge is a village in the Westmorland and Furness of the northwestern English county of Cumbria, within the traditional borders of Westmorland.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Pooley Bridge
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.
- 01Dacre Castle
Dacre Castle is a moated tower house in the village of Dacre, 4 miles south-west of Penrith, Cumbria, England. It was constructed in the mid-14th century, probably by Margaret Multon, against the background of the threat of Scottish invasion and raids, and was held in the Dacre family until the 17th century.
2.4 km · moated tower house in the village of Dacre, Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Barton
Barton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Barton and Pooley Bridge, in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It lies about 3 kilometres to the north east of Pooley Bridge, east of the River Eamont and west of the B5320 road from Pooley Bridge to Eamont Bridge.
1.2 km · village in Barton and Pooley Bridge, Eden, Cumbria, England · Wikipedia - 03Dalemain
Dalemain is a country house around five miles southwest of Penrith in Cumbria, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.6 km · country house in Cumbria, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Andrew's Church, Dacre
St Andrew's Church is in the village of Dacre, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Penrith, and the diocese of Carlisle.
2.5 km · church in Eden, UK · Wikipedia - 05Dunmallard Hill
Dunmallet or Dunmallard Hill is a small hill in the English Lake District, near Pooley Bridge, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
400 m · hill in Dacre, Cumbria, England · Wikipedia - 06St Michael's Church
St Michael's Church is in the village of Barton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
2.6 km · church in Barton, Eden, UK · Wikipedia - 07Arthur's Pike
Arthur's Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, near Ullswater. It is a subsidiary top on the ridge falling north from Loadpot Hill in the Far Eastern Fells.
3.9 km · fell in the English Lake District · Wikipedia - 08Heughscar Hill
Heughscar Hill is a hill in the east of the English Lake District, east of Ullswater and north of High Street, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
2.2 km · hill in Cumbria, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pooley Bridge
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 87 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 112 km · Isle of Man (IOM), 131 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Pooley Bridge87 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £10–14
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Pooley Bridge123 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £17–22
- Liverpool → Pooley Bridge134 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £16–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pooley Bridge
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 Pooley Bridge. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on the Transport for London Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames.
- Get aroundThe ferry operates between Woolwich and North Woolwich (Silvertown) and is free.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on Wightlink ferries betweenː Lymington, Hampshire and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight Portsmouth, Hampshire and Fishbourne, Isle of Wight Portsmouth, Hampshire and Ryde, Isle of Wight You must make a reservation at no additional cost.
- Get aroundBikes are stowed on the ferry car decks of car ferries or the bike store on Portsmouth–Ryde Pier Head FastCats.
- Get aroundYou can take your bike on Red Funnel ferries betweenː Southampton, Hampshire and West Cowes, Isle of Wight Southampton, Hampshire and East Cowes, Isle of Wight You can bring bicycles on board free of charge.
From Wikivoyage: Cycling in England and Wales, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.
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Next door to Pooley Bridge
- Dacrevillage and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK2.4 km
- Staintonvillage in Eden, Cumbria, UK3.8 km
- Sockbridge and Tirrilcivil parish in Cumbria, England3.8 km
- Watermillockvillage in Cumbria, England, UK3.2 km
- Barton and Pooley Bridgecivil parish in Eden, Cumbria, England1.3 km
- Soulbyhamlet in Dacre, Cumbria, England, UK1.1 km