Barrow’s bold vision to be the next UK destination for creativity needs your help
Photo: Furness Videography Barra Culture, a once-in-a-generation creative programme for Barrow, made up of people and organisations who all love Barrow and love what it means to live, work and create in the area, are looking for people to help them make creative...
Collection of Photo Negatives Shines New Light on Popular Railway’s History
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...
Cumbria’s coastal path continues to take-shape
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...
2021: Cumbria’s Year Of The Coast
2021 has been designated as Cumbria’s Year of the Coast, celebrating everything this diverse but little-known stretch of coastline has to offer. Our coastline’s stunning rural landscapes and breath-taking sunsets perfectly complement the wider North West region’s...
Work begins on New Cycleway for Solway Coast
Work has begun to create a new cycleway along the Solway Coast. The ‘Solway Coaster’ project will see a 14.1km route between Allonby and Silloth created and join onto the already successful cycleway from Maryport to Allonby. The link between the coastal towns will...
New exhibition reveals a weird & wonderful world of hidden treasures at Senhouse
‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ – New exhibition reveals a weird & wonderful world of hidden treasures You may be forgiven for thinking Cumbria’s Senhouse Roman Museum is just about the Romans, but a new exhibition launching next week, Friday 4 September, will throw...
Normal parking charges to resume in Copeland
COPELAND Council continues to move ‘back to normal’ with the reintroduction of parking charges for all customers. The council has been offering free town centre parking, initially for all key workers, and since mid-June, for key NHS and care workers who obtained a...
Eskadale Mill to reopen to the public
Eskdale Mill is Good to Go. The historic Eskdale Mill in the village of Boot is ready to open its doors once again to visitors for the first time since March. The Mill Manager, Kate Hughes, and her band of volunteers have been working hard behind the scenes to...
Senhouse Museum to reopen its doors
Britain’s oldest private collection of Roman treasures – sited on the West Cumbrian coast - will re-open its doors to the public for the first time in five months from this Friday 14 August 2020. A series of planned celebrations and events to mark the Senhouse...
Fit, Fun, Fed – Summer programme for Whitehaven youngsters
A SUMMER programme to help keep children safe and active is being delivered in Whitehaven. ‘Fit. Fun. Fed’ is newly-developed by the South Whitehaven Youth Partnership, offering a free six-week programme aimed at eight- to 12-year-olds and runs twice weekly in both...
Copeland Businesses urged to apply for grants before deadline
BUSINESSES in Copeland are being urged to apply for cash grants before the deadline expires at the end of August. Copeland Council has so far awarded over £16 million to more than 1,400 businesses across the borough that were eligible for financial support due to...
Free Family Fitness Classes Available in Whitehaven in August 2020
A SERIES of outdoor fitness sessions will take place in Whitehaven in August. Copeland councillors Jeffrey Hailes and Carl Walmsley – the borough’s Young People’s Champion and Health and Wellbeing Champion respectively – have organised the sessions to boost...
