About the town » Bridekirk, Cumbria, England, Great Britain

Bridekirk is a township and a parish in the Allerdale district in the west of the county of Cumbria, England. It is located around 1.24 miles north of the Derwent river and about the same distance from the nearest large town of Cockermouth just south of the river. Bridekirk is just outside the Lake District National Park (1 mile by road) and is not far from the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. In addition to the township of Bridekirk itself, Bridekirk parish also contains six other townships including Papcastle, Little Broughton, Great Broughton, Ribton, Dovenby, and Tallentire.