Just a short walk down the lane and across the fields from the Three Shires Inn, Slaters Bridge is a delightful 17th Century packhorse bridge spanning the River Brathay.
Historically Little Langdale was at the intersection of packhorse routes leading across to to Ravenglass and the Cumbrian coast, as well as Keswick and Penrith in the North Lakes, and Ulverston, Broughton-in-Furness and Barrow in Furness to the south.
These routes would carry slate from the mines found around Coniston and Tilberthwaite. The remains of the mines have left an ever lasting impact on the local environment, but allow visitors to see first hand, the scale of the historic mining operations in the area.
