Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | St Mary and St Wilfred, Warwick Bridge Geograph-4303904-by-Rose-and-Trev-Clough.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St. Mary's and St. Wilfrid's Church, Warwick Bridge |
Coordinates: | 54.903°N -2.819°W |
Official Name: | Warwick Bridge |
Population: | 1,264 |
Population Ref: | (Census 2011)[1] |
Civil Parish: | Wetheral |
Unitary England: | Cumberland |
Lieutenancy England: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Penrith and The Border |
Post Town: | CARLISLE |
Postcode District: | CA4 |
Postcode Area: | CA |
Dial Code: | 01228 |
Os Grid Reference: | NY474567 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom City of Carlisle |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the former City of Carlisle district, Cumbria |
Warwick Bridge is a village in the Cumberland district of the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.[2] It forms part of a small urban area which includes the villages of Corby Hill and Little Corby. In 2011 it had a population of 1264.
Warwick Bridge lies within the civil parish of Wetheral though Corby Hill and Little Corby are in Hayton parish. Until 1974 it was in the county of Cumberland. From 1974 to 2023 it was in Carlisle district.
Warwick Bridge is located on the River Eden and the A69 road, near the River Irthing. It is five miles east of the city of Carlisle and four miles from the town of Brampton. The bridge on the Eden, which gave the village its name, was built from 1833 to 1835 by Francis Giles.[3] [4]
The village has a post office in Corby Hill,[5] a Co-operative Food store[6] and 2 churches, one being Our Lady & St Wilfrid's Church[7] and the other St Paul's Holme Eden.[8] There are two large mansion houses near or in the village, Warwick Hall and Holme Eden Hall built in 1837.[9]
Ambulance driver and nurse Pat Waddell was born here in 1892. She returned to the front after losing a leg in WW1.[10]