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Our Ultimate Guide to Doorstep Destinations
Our Ultimate Guide to Doorstep Destinations. With quarantines in place for overseas holidaymakers, there has never been a better time to be a local tourist and rediscover Cumbria with a staycation on your doorstep. Visitors rarely think further than Lake District hotspots and with social distancing in full force, if your idea of a getaway […]
Take Time To Discover Whitehaven
Discover Whitehaven Having a UNESCO World Heritage Site next door means you get a bit overlooked but to dismiss Whitehaven is a mistake. Internet shopping and COVID has affected the High Street but this undiscovered gem has a charming Georgian town centre, an impressive harbour and an extraordinary history. Whitehaven Town Council is supporting a […]
Two projects set to transform Whitehaven Harbour
Two projects are set to transform Whitehaven harbour. Funded through Sellafield Ltd’s social impact, multiplied programme, the projects will open up the West Cumbrian coastline. Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners are behind the first project, a multi-million pound programme to make Whitehaven the tourism capital of the Cumbrian coastline. The £3.6 million coastal activities centre called The […]
Deadline looms for funding opportunities for tourism business
The February 16th deadline for RDPE Tourism Infrastructure Funding is fast approaching. Time is almost up for submissions of expressions of interest under the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Tourism Infrastructure Fund. This is a fantastic opportunity for businesses within the Cumbria tourism sector to apply to achieve a grant of between £20,000 […]
Haunted Workington – Halloween Special
Halloween is just around the corner and author of Supernatural Cumbria, H. C. Ivison, points out that Workington is the most haunted town in Cumbria and gives us an insight to the ghosts that call the town home. Sitting across the mouth of the River Derwent, Workington occupies an ancient site that has gone through […]
A Blue Plaque for Britain’s First Black Policeman
It was believed that Norwell Roberts, who joined the Metropolitan Police in 1967, had been Britain’s first black police officer. However, in 2006 Cumbria Constabulary revealed the employment records of John Kent over 130 years earlier. John Kent held a role in the Maryport police force from 1835 to 1837 before being transferred to Carlisle. […]
Two Copeland towns set to benefit from £25million cash injection
Cleator Moor Two Copeland towns have been selected by the Government to benefit from a huge cash injection of up to £25million each. Cleator Moor and Millom have today been announced as two of 100 chosen nationally to be invited to develop proposals for Town Deals as part of a £3.6billion Towns Fund pot. Town […]
A Wild Escape in the North Pennines
In our last issue, we sent our readers west towards the Solway Coast but if you head east, another adventure awaits in the North Pennines. This region has also been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and Carlisle is one of the few cities with two right on its doorstep. The landscape […]
Whitehaven transformation plans take major step forward
AN AMBITIOUS vision to transform Whitehaven in a multi-million-pound scheme has taken a major step forward. Copeland Borough Council has been successful in the first phase of its application for a share of the Government’s £675 million Future High Streets Fund that aims to revitalise and modernise town centres. Whitehaven is the only area in […]
Please don’t feed the Seagulls
THE seagull nesting season is still underway and Copeland residents are being urged not to feed the birds. Nesting gulls can be particularly aggressive and have been known to swoop on people if their nests are nearby. They also spread litter around and can be noisy. Copeland Council is asking residents and visitors not to […]
