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Sharrow Bay Country House was a hotel and restaurant located on the eastern shore of Ullswater near Pooley Bridge, Cumbria, England. The hotel is associated with the creation of the sticky toffee pudding. [1] On 23 September 2020 Sharrow Bay officially announced it had gone into administration.
A new stainless steel bridge was lifted into place in May 2020, [3] and opened in October 2020. [4] There is a pier from which ferries (known as the Ullswater 'Steamers') provide connections to Glenridding and Howtown. Pooley Bridge was formerly known as Pooley or Pool How meaning the hill by the pool or stream.
Ullswater is a glacial lake in Cumbria, England and part of the Lake District National Park. It is the second largest lake in the region by both area and volume, after Windermere . The lake is about 7 miles (11 km) long, 0.75 miles (1 km) wide, and has a maximum depth of 63 metres (207 ft).
The parish includes the village of Pooley Bridge, the small hamlet of Barton, and part of Ullswater, and extends south as far as Loadpot Hill. It has an area of 16.95 square kilometres (6.54 sq mi) and a 2011 population density of 14/sqkm (36/sqmi). [2] The parish was renamed from "Barton" to "Barton and Pooley Bridge" on 1 April 2019. [3]
The Ullswater Way is a 20-mile (32 km) waymarked walking route around Ullswater in the English Lake District. [1] It was created by a partnership which included The Lake District National Park Authority, the National Trust, Eden District Council, and Ullswater 'Steamers' and was opened on 25 April 2016 by broadcaster and film-maker Eric Robson.
The view north from the summit takes in the northern end of Ullswater and Pooley Bridge. 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. An extensive craggy face stands above the lower reach of Ullswater.
Howtown is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, situated at a small harbour on the east shore of Ullswater in the Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Martindale. [1] Howtown is about three and a half miles from Pooley Bridge and is best reached by water.
Barton and Pooley Bridge is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Before 1 April 2019 the parish was named Barton. [1] It contains 37 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the ...