Last Friday afternoon, summer made a late comeback at Pooley Bridge. The garden of Granny Dowbekin’s Tearoom was busy. Many customers watched a family of ducks on the tree-lined River Eamont as ...

A recent £7m bridge in the Lake District has been named as the best civil engineering project in the North West of England. The new Pooley Bridge was designed to reduce flooding risks in the village.

A flock of sheep has been shepherded across a new bridge as it celebrates its official opening. The new Pooley Bridge near Ullswater is the permanent replacement for a 250-year-old crossing that ...

Keith Little, the Cumbria county councillor responsible for highways, says work on getting a new bridge for flood-ravaged Pooley Bridge won’t start for at least a month. He was speaking as it ...

Work to replace a 300-year-old bridge swept away by Storm Desmond should start in May. A temporary structure was built across the River Eamont at Pooley Bridge after the original 18th Century ...

The temporary replacement for Pooley Bridge will open one week ahead of schedule, on 20 March, Cumbria County Council has confirmed. The huge structure was lifted into place at the end of last ...

This is the devastating scene after Storm Desmond flood water washed away an ancient road bridge. The video shows the hugely swollen River Eamont rushing past the remains of Pooley Bridge ...