Glenridding

The name Glenridding is generally agreed to be Cumbric in origin, with the first element being *glinn, 'valley', and the second being *redïn, 'ferns, bracken' (cf. Welsh glyn rhedyn),{{Cite web|url=http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf|title=The Brittonic Language in the Old North|website=Scottish Place Name Society|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=dead}} giving a meaning of 'valley overgrown with bracken'. First recorded as Glenredyn in around 1290,{{cite web |title=Derivation of the names of Lake District Towns |url=http://lakelandmemories.net/towns.htm |website=Lakeland Memories |access-date=27 September 2018 |archive-date=3 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603023105/http://lakelandmemories.net/towns.htm |url-status=live }} the name's present form is thought to have been influenced by the Middle English element ridding, 'clearing'.

Glenridding is in the civil parish of Patterdale.

On 6 December 2015, Storm Desmond caused extensive and devastating flooding to the village, with torrential rainfall and rivers bursting their banks. Four days later, more rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks once again, leading to even more flood damage to businesses and homes in the village. Following the floods the community set up a Flood Action Group who continue to work on recovery and resilience measures to reduce the risk of future flooding.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/12042853/Cumbria-floods-Glenridding-defences-fail-river-burst.html|title=Cumbria floods: Glenridding flooded as river bursts its banks|work=The Telegraph|first1=Leon|last1=Watson|first2=Lucy|last2=Clarke-Billings|date=10 December 2015|access-date=12 December 2015|archive-date=11 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211201545/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/12042853/Cumbria-floods-Glenridding-defences-fail-river-burst.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-35057763|title=Storm Desmond: Rain causes further Cumbria flooding|work=BBC News|date=10 December 2015|access-date=12 December 2015|archive-date=12 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212192733/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-35057763|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/09/glenridding-defences-fail-as-flood-waters-rise-in-isolated-cumbria-town|title=Cumbrian village deals with more devastation as river bursts banks again|work=The Guardian|first=Ben|last=Quinn|date=10 December 2015|access-date=12 December 2015}}

Each year, on Easter Monday, a duck race is organised by the local mountain rescue team to raise funds.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}} The village also has a rich sporting history, particularly in the traditional Lakeland sport of Fell Running and each September the Helvellyn Triathlon is held at Jenkins' Field by the shores of Ullswater, at one time considered the toughest triathlon in the UK.{{Cite web|title=Helvellyn Triathlon {{!}} TriHard Events|url=https://www.trihard.co.uk/events/helvellyn-triathlon/|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-26|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809110547/https://www.trihard.co.uk/events/helvellyn-triathlon/|url-status=live}}

The village has accommodation including two youth hostels and camping sites. Glenridding House provides luxury bed and breakfast accommodation. There is also a tourist information centre, Ullswater Information Centre.{{cite web

| title = Lake District National Park - Ullswater Information Centre at Glenridding

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| url = http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/visiting/placestogo/exploreullswater/ullswaterinformationcentre

| access-date = 2014-07-13

| archive-date = 14 July 2014

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234511/http://www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/visiting/placestogo/exploreullswater/ullswaterinformationcentre

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{{see also|Greenside Mine}}

Above the village is the site of the former Greenside Mine, once the largest lead mine in the Lake District. Lead ore was discovered in the 18th century and the site was mined from the second half of the 18th century until the mine closed in 1962. Without the mine, the houses and economy of Glenridding and the surrounding area would not have existed.* {{cite book| first = Samuel|last= Murphy | date = 1996 | title = Grey Gold | publisher = Moiety | location = Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire | isbn = 0952636077}}

Glenridding is home to the Ullswater 'Steamers', a leisure boat trip company which operates five vessels from the pier at Glenridding. The company was founded to provide a transport link for goods from Glenridding to Pooley Bridge and onwards to Penrith.

The village and surrounding area was used to film the TV drama series The Lakes, and has also featured in a scene in Coronation Street.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

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• Listed buildings in Patterdale

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• [https://www.patterdalepast.co.uk/ PatterdalePAST] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429115326/https://www.patterdalepast.co.uk/ |date=29 April 2024 }} - Local History, including genealogical sources, old photographs, war memorial biographies, old maps and much more.
• [http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/patterdale-hartsop Cumbria County History Trust: Patterdale with Hartsop] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307204644/https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/patterdale-hartsop |date=7 March 2022 }} (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqO3EoIogGA Video of the Glenridding to Glencoyne Bay walk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107181927/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqO3EoIogGA |date=7 January 2016 }}
• [http://www.relevantsearch.co.uk/glenridding.html Glenridding Large Sunny Images] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714224400/http://www.relevantsearch.co.uk/glenridding.html |date=14 July 2014 }}
• [http://www.lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk/townsvillagers/glenridding/glenridding_main.html Glenridding] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813091718/http://www.lakedistrictletsgo.co.uk/townsvillagers/glenridding/glenridding_main.html |date=13 August 2006 }}
• [http://www.lakedistrictwalks.net/glenridding Lake District Walks - Glenridding] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313143846/http://www.lakedistrictwalks.net/glenridding |date=13 March 2012 }}
• [http://www.ullswatermemorial.co.uk Glenridding War Memorial Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103111446/http://www.ullswatermemorial.co.uk/ |date=3 November 2014 }}
• [http://www.parishfloodgroup.org Glenridding Community Flood Group Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028020117/http://www.parishfloodgroup.org/ |date=28 October 2016 }}

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