A new accessible cycle route along Cumbria’s stunning Solway Coast was officially opened on Thursday, 17th June 2021. The ‘Solway Coaster’ is a 14.1km route between Allonby and Silloth and has been created to join onto the already successful route from Maryport to...
Undeterred by pandemic restrictions, a new long-distance virtual running challenge is taking place throughout May, to help people across the UK explore the Lake District’s ‘hidden’ coastline and reconnect with coastal landscapes. ‘Run the Edge’ gives participants the...
Ravenglass in the Western Lake District is home to some new quirky ‘railway holiday’ accommodation, following the remarkable transformation of two near derelict Pullman Camping Coaches dating back more than a century. Originally built in 1917 as part of a World War...
Exciting Debut International Photography Festival explores and celebrates the Cumbrian West Coast. With the first ever Festival having to be postponed in March 2020, just days before the first Coronavirus lockdown, there is now a two-part relaunch, with even more...
A new window into post war life at England’s first public narrow-gauge railway, the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, has recently been acquired by Ravenglass Railway Museum in West Cumbria. In December 2020, a lot consisting of negatives taken by well-known railway...
More than just lakes and mountains, a stretch of path along ‘Cumbria’s Hidden Coast’ is due to open in 2021: A 40-mile-long trail linking Millom to Whitehaven, as part of national efforts to link the entire UK coastline. Among the highlights and tucked under the...
