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Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 28 November 2004  Page Views: 12697

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Mungo's Well (Cumbria) Alternative Name: St Kentigern's Well (Caldbeck)
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Carlisle  Nearest Village: Caldbeck
Map Ref: NY3251339910  Landranger Map Number: 90
Latitude: 54.749590N  Longitude: 3.049994W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Anne T visited on 14th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 St Kentigern's Well, Caldbeck: This was our last stop of the day, and to a part of Cumbria we've never travelled through before. From St. Bridget's in Brigham, we followed the B5299 to Caldbeck village, which took us over cattle grids and moorlands, with only sheep and the occasional other car in sight. Caldbeck is a really pretty little village, and we resolved to come back during the daytime, when the shops, church and café were open. The well can be easily found by walking down the footpath to the west of the church, until you get to the bridge over the river. As it says in the "Holy Wells of Cumbria" booklet, turn left just before the bridge, and you immediately come to some steps down the (steep-ish) bank to the river. We heard the trickle of water down the slope, and the well basin comes into view as you look down. At the time of our visit the water missed the basin and was trickling down the rock, under the shrubbery, into the river. There was a fair flow of water coming down the bank. We walked along the footpath along the northern side of the churchyard for about 100mand found a lovely weir with small waterfalls. It was possible to walk down to the gravel beach. A lovely spot indeed.

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St Mungo's Well (Cumbria)
St Mungo's Well (Cumbria) submitted by ocifant : Looking at the various maps, the location of this well is difficult to discern. It's actually easy to find once you get to the church though. From St Kentigern's in Caldbeck, walk through the churchyard from the road, and exit via the rear gate. Cross the footpath to the river. Immediately on entering the river path, there are a couple of steps down to the riverbank. These lead to the well. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well / Spring in Cumbria

This well is described in the "Holy Wells of Cumbria" booklet by the Cumbria Holy Wells Trust 2008.

The well can be reached by walking down the footpath at the western side of St. Kentigern's Church. As you reach the bridge over the river, a footpath heads off to your left. Step onto the footpath and look down; a set of stone steps leads down the slope to the river, with the well basin to their left hand side.

The Holy Wells booklet describes this as "restored and beautifully cared for … there was a long tradition of St Kentigern preaching and baptising here."

This holy well is recorded as Pastscape Monument No 10481, which describes the well as having first being mentioned in 1231 and is "a stone lined basin approx. 1m square filled with water issuing from the bank." Pastscape gives the grid reference as NY 3248 3989, but the well is nearer the church and the bridge, at NY 32513 39910, some 40 metres to the east-north-east.
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St Mungo's Well (Cumbria)
St Mungo's Well (Cumbria) submitted by Anne T : Bit of a silly photo, but trying to show the water flowing down the rock face directly into the river, rather than through the well basin. There was a fair flow of water coming out of the spring, although not as much as the Hatching Well at Gilcrux, which we'd seen earlier that day. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mungo's Well (Cumbria)
St Mungo's Well (Cumbria) submitted by Anne T : The well basin had a small amount of water in it; we could hear the water flowing behind the basin and found it was running down the rock face directly into the river rather than flowing through the pipe into the basin then out again. The basin was very overgrown at the time of our visit, but this is a lovely spot. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mungo's Well (Cumbria)
St Mungo's Well (Cumbria) submitted by Anne T : Walking down the footpath at the western side of the church, the well can be found if you turn left just before the bridge. Immediately to your right is a set of stone steps leading down to the well basin and the river. This shot is taken from half way across the bridge, looking back at the well. A small wooden sign on the wall says 'St Kentigern's Well". (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: St Mungo's Well (Cumbria) by Anonymous on Sunday, 15 March 2009
This looks like the sacred well near St Kentigern's church in Caldbeck. It stands beside the river Caldew. There are lots of wells to St Kentigern or St Mungo in Cumbria.
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