Pooley Bridge

A recent £7m bridge in the Lake District has been named as the best civil engineering project in the North West of England.

Opening the new bridge was done in true Cumbrian fashion - with a flock of sheep herded over my a local farmer for the first time in five years.

The new steel structure, linking the two sides of Pooley Bridge on Ullswater, replaces the original 250-year-old stone bridge that was washed away during Storm Desmond.