[2] It is on the eastern edge of the Lake District National Park, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Penrith.

It evolved from a pele tower in the 14th century and was passed to the Sandford family after the Helbecks and Swinburns.

[5] Many public houses, such as the Punch Bowl, have old beams with splits in them where coins are forced for luck.

The trunk and branches in these cases are covered with hundreds of coins that have been driven through the bark and into the wood.

[6] Another local custom is the throwing of coins from the bridge onto a boulder that lies below the water level.