Bridge House

Tiny stone house built over Stock Beck, now Ambleside's postcard landmark.

Bridge House is the absurdly small stone building straddling Stock Beck in the middle of Ambleside. It has been used as a shop, a summer house, and a curiosity, and now mostly serves as proof that the Lake District can make even a traffic pinch point look picturesque.

You will pass it without trying, but stop for a minute. The building is more charming than important, and that is fine: Ambleside needs a landmark that fits in a photograph without asking you to climb a fell first.

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