Dunsop Bridge

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Dunsop Bridge is a village in Lancashire, England. It is one of two main contenders for the location of the exact geographic centre of Great Britain. The other town is Haltwhistle in Northumberland, some 71 miles (114km) to the north. Dunsop Bridge's claim is calculated on the fact that it is the gravitational centre of the island. In 1992 BT installed its 100,000th payphone at Dunsop Bridge and included a plaque to explain its significance - the plaque reads "You are calling from the BT payphone that marks the centre of Great Britain."

Sir Ranulph Fiennes being the celebrity who unveiled the telephone box.

The Queen has visited Dunsop bridge twice, once during the late 80's (date to be confirmed) and more recently in summer time 2006.

[edit] Geography

See Centre points of the United Kingdom.

The village is located at the point where the River Dunsop and the River Hodder join together, before flowing south to join the River Ribble outside Clitheroe. The bridge from which the village takes its name consists of two simple arches which span the river.

The village is surrounded on all sides by the rolling hills and the Forest of Bowland, and is located within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Nearby is the Salter Fell Track, a pass along which the Lancashire Witches were taken to their trial at Lancaster Castle.