Cumbrian fleece attracts international visitors to Woolfest

A party of twenty Japanese and two Swedish women will be visiting Cumbria in June, exploring the area’s woollen and craft connections and aiming to buy British fleeces for Japanese and Swedish spinners and craft enthusiasts.  The focus for their visit will be...

Future cycling stars head to Lazonby to contest National Race Road Championship
The village of Lazonby, in Cumbria is getting set to welcome the future talent of UK Cycling, who will be competing on roads around the village at Bri...
Artworks continue to appear in Eden’s trees
Hutton-in-the-Forest is the next venue to feature artwork in trees, as part of Eden Arts’ outdoor CANOPY exhibition. Local sibling artists Lydia &...
Nurture Lakeland And Jennings Launch ‘The Pint That Protects’
A very special brew is now quenching the thirst of visitors and walkers in the Lake District thanks to an innovative Visitor Giving idea devised by re...
Fellside Summer Concerts 2013
The Fellside Summer Concerts 2013 begin this month. The Sunday concerts are all held in the parish churches of the Heart of Eden at 5pm Admissio...
Climate Change, Deforestation And the Future of the World’s Forests, A Talk By...
This Thursday,May 16  Dr. Spracklen of the University of Leeds Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science will deliver a talk on the major impa...
Take the opportunity at Keswick Mountain Festival to get your bike marked
Cumbria Police will be at this year’s Keswick Mountain Festival Dare 2b and are offering visitors, competitors and residents the chance to have their...
Two more plays open in Theatre by the Lake’s Summer Season
June marks the opening of a second duo of plays at Theatre by the Lake. On Fri 7 June in the Main House, J.B. Priestley’s classic thriller An Inspector Calls takes the stage. The following week (Fri...
Life & Hiking in Cumbria with Beth Pipe - Perfect Walk for a St Sunday
St Sunday Crag was always one of those places I’d been meaning to get around to.  We’d seen it in the sunshine and when it was covered in snow, but we’d never gotten around to venturing up it...
Visiting locos invite you to take their picture this summer
Children, parents and railway enthusiasts will all be encouraged to visit the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway over the Bank Holiday weekend, when it will be welcoming a visiting loco. ‘Samson’, a 4-8...
TV Presenter Helen Skelton launches Sky Ride Local in the Lakes
Cumbrian-born TV presenter Helen Skelton has become one of the first people to experience an innovative new cycling initiative in the heart of arguably the country’s most iconic landscape. The first...