Glenridding (meaning “glen overgrown with bracken”) is a village at the southern end of Ullswater, near the foot of Kirkstone Pass.
The name is generally agreed to be Cumbric in origin, with the first element being *glinn, ‘valley’, and the second being *redïn, ‘ferns, bracken’ giving a meaning of ‘valley overgrown with bracken’. First recorded as Glenredyn in around 1290, the name’s present form is thought to have been influenced by the Middle English element ridding, or ‘clearing’.