The house on the bridge

Bridge House is said to be the most photographed building in the Lake District, and guess who took another one whilst he was on holiday in the Lake District this year!

It was originally an apple store for nearby Ambleside Hall, and was built over Stock Beck to escape land tax.

It is said that once a family with six children lived here in the two rooms.

In 1926 it was purchased by a group of local people who passed it into the care of the National Trust, which 20 years later they turned into their first information and recruitment centre. It is now a rather cramped shop for the National Trust.