| Coordinates: | 54.604, -2.923 |
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| OS grid ref: | NY 40 23 |
| Dialling code: | 017684 (Pooley Bridge) |
The civil parish of Matterdale sits within the Lake District National Park in the unitary area of Westmorland and Furness, England. It occupies a classic upland valley of grassy slopes and craggy ridges, with distinctive rounded summits such as Great Mell Fell and Little Mell Fell, and offers views across the nearby Ullswater.
Settlement is sparse, centred on small hamlets like Dockray and Matterdale End, and the local economy is largely pastoral with sheep farming alongside a quiet tourism trade of walkers, holiday cottages and rural services. Old stone walls, farmsteads and lanes speak to a long agricultural history and make the area particularly appealing to those seeking a quieter, less commercial side of the Lakes.
Postcode districts covering Matterdale
Most populated places nearby
- Carlisle 20.5 miles
- Kendal 20.5 miles
- Workington 24.8 miles
- Penrith 9.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Greystoke and Ullswater Ward 0.9 miles
- Hutton Parish 2.4 miles
- Martindale Parish 3.2 miles
- Barton and Pooley Bridge Parish 4.4 miles
- Patterdale Parish 4.9 miles
- Greystoke Built-up area 5 miles
- Newbiggin Built-up area 5.1 miles
- Threlkeld Built-up area 5.3 miles
- Dacre Parish 5.5 miles
- Mungrisdale Parish 5.6 miles
- Stainton Built-up area 5.7 miles
- Sockbridge Built-up area 6.3 miles
Example postcodes in Matterdale
CA11 0SU, CA11 0NA, CA11 0LE, CA11 0LF, CA11 0NB, CA11 0JW, CA11 0SB, CA11 0JH, CA11 0JX … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 57.5 miles
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 60.2 miles
- Penrith Railway Station 7.7 miles
- Langwathby Railway Station 12.1 miles
Hotels near Matterdale Ad
- Macdonald Leeming House 4 2.6 miles
- Troutbeck Inn 3 2.4 miles
- Pooley Bridge Inn 4.1 miles
- The Herdwick Inn 2.9 miles
- The Horse and Farrier Inn and The Salutation Inn Threlkeld Keswick 5.2 miles
- The Ullswater Inn- The Inn Collection Group 4 4.3 miles
- YHA Helvellyn 2 4.5 miles
- Queens Head Inn 6.4 miles
- The King's Head 3 6.5 miles
- Keswick Country House Hotel 3 8.3 miles
Local points of interest
- Blencathra Centre Country house 6.4 miles
- Lowther Castle Estate 7.6 miles
- Brougham Castle Archaeological site 8.9 miles
- Brocavum Archaeological site 8.9 miles
- Inglewood Forest Forest 12.4 miles
- Cumbrian Mountains Mountains 14.1 miles
- Wray Castle Estate 15.3 miles
- Carlisle Racecourse Recreation 17.8 miles