Grange in Borrowdale

{{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}} {{distinguish|Grange-over-Sands}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54.546903|-3.156273|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Grange | population = | population_ref = | civil_parish = [[Borrowdale]] | unitary_england = [[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Cumbria]] | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = [[Penrith and Solway (UK Parliament constituency)|Penrith and Solway]] | post_town = KESWICK | postcode_district = CA12 | postcode_area = CA | dial_code = 017687 | os_grid_reference = NY252174 | london_distance = | static_image_name = Grange taken from Grange Crags.jpg | static_image_caption = Grange taken from Grange Crags | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Allerdale | pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Allerdale]], [[Cumbria]] }}

'''Grange''', often called '''Grange in Borrowdale''', is a village in [[Borrowdale]] in the English [[Lake District]]. It lies just off the [[B5289 road]] to the south of [[Derwent Water]] and {{convert|4|mi}} south of [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], in the county of [[Cumbria]], [[Historic counties of England|historically]] part of [[Cumberland]],<ref name=viscum>{{cite web | title = Grange in Borrowdale, Keswick, Cumbria | url = http://www.visitcumbria.com/kes/grange.htm | publisher = Visit Cumbria | accessdate = 2010-01-04}}</ref>

The village is overlooked by [[Grange Fell]] and [[Castle Crag]], which flank either side of the narrow section of Borrowdale in which it sits. Its origins date back to [[medieval]] times, when the monks of [[Furness Abbey]] built a [[monastic grange]] on the site. The double-arched bridge that links the village to the B5289 across the [[River Derwent, Cumbria|River Derwent]] was built in 1675. Holy Trinity Church followed in 1861.<ref name=viscum/>

The novelist [[Hugh Walpole]] owned Brackenburn, a large house about {{convert|1|mi}} to the north of Grange, and lived there from 1924 until his death in 1941.<ref name=viscum/>

==Governance== Grange in Borrowdale is within the [[Penrith and Solway (UK Parliament constituency)|Penrith and Solway UK Parliamentary constituency]].

For [[Local Government]] purposes it is in the [[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]] unitary authority area.

Grange in Borrowdale has its own [[Parish councils in England|Parish Council]]; ''Borrowdale Parish Council''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borrowdale.org.uk/|title= Borrowdale Parish Council}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal|Cumbria}} *[[Listed buildings in Borrowdale]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Grange, Cumbria}} *[http://www.visitcumbria.com/kes/grange.htm Grange in Borrowdale page from the Visit Cumbria web site]

[[Category:Villages in Cumbria]] [[Category:Cumberland (unitary authority)]]