# Waverbridge

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{{Short description|Hamlet in Cumbria, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| static_image_name        = 240px|Waverbridge - geograph.org.uk - 60444
| static_image_caption     = The sandstone bridge over the [River Waver](/source/River_Waver) at Waverbridge.
| official_name            = Waverbridge
| country                  = England
| region                   = North West England
| coordinates              = {{coord|54.830|-3.209|display=inline,title}}
| post_town                = WIGTON
| postcode_area            = CA
| postcode_district        = CA7
| dial_code                = 016973
| constituency_westminster = [Penrith and Solway](/source/Penrith_and_Solway_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| civil_parish             = [Dundraw](/source/Dundraw)
| unitary_england          = [Cumberland](/source/Cumberland_(unitary_authority))
| lieutenancy_england      = [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria)
| london_distance_mi       =
| os_grid_reference        = NY223490
| pushpin_map              = United Kingdom Allerdale
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in [Allerdale](/source/Allerdale), [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria) 
}}

'''Waverbridge''' is a hamlet in the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) of [Dundraw](/source/Dundraw), right on the boundary with the civil parish of [Waverton](/source/Waverton%2C_Cumbria)<ref>{{cite web|title=Cumbria Observatory - Waverbridge (with parish boundaries enabled)|url=http://cumbriaobservatory.org.uk/instantatlas/CumbriaGeographyAtlas/atlas.html|accessdate=3 March 2015|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225135346/http://www.cumbriaobservatory.org.uk/instantatlas/CumbriaGeographyAtlas/atlas.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), England. It is located approximately two-and-three-quarter miles north-west of [Wigton](/source/Wigton), three-and-three-quarter miles south-east of [Abbeytown](/source/Abbeytown), and seven-and-a-half miles north-east of [Aspatria](/source/Aspatria). [Carlisle](/source/Carlisle%2C_Cumbria), Cumbria's [county town](/source/county_town), is situated fourteen-and-a-quarter miles to the north-east. The [B5302 road](/source/B5302_road) runs through the settlement, between [Silloth-on-Solway](/source/Silloth-on-Solway) in the west and Wigton in the east.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Maps - Waverbridge|url=https://www.google.it/maps/@54.8304371,-3.2096998,1174m/data=!3m1!1e3|accessdate=3 March 2015}}</ref>

The hamlet is named for its bridge over the [River Waver](/source/River_Waver). Historically there was a mill in Waverbridge, as well as a school, both are now used for residential purposes.

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Category:Hamlets in Cumbria
Category:Cumberland (unitary authority)

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