Clappersgate is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in the county of Cumbria, England.

Clappersgate is located on the B5286 road and on the River Brathay.

It is near the town of Amblesideand downstream of Elterwater and Chapel Stile.

The village was once home to a stone skimming club known as the Slate Slingers who utilised the slate washed downstream from quarries, and the large pool located under Clappersgate Bridge.

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