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Cumbria’s Living Heritage’s ‘stairways to heaven’ can be found at locations across the county, which is now home to the UK’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site.  We have extraordinary staircases or steps ranging from National Trust Sizergh and Levens Hall in the south, to Hutton-in-the-Forest, Carlisle Castle and Dalemain in the…

Readers of the country’s biggest-selling classic car magazine, Practical Classics, originally nominated the popular attraction as one of their 30 favourite places to take classic cars earlier this year. A public vote then confirmed the top ten, with the team from Practical Classics making an epic 2000-mile road trip around…

National Historic Ships UK announces  FLAGSHIPS OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018  Following nine successful years of very different kinds of vessels from around the UK winning this award, National Historic Ships UK has again extended the scheme this year by making one National Flagship and two Regional Flagship awards to…

The iconic poppy sculptureWeeping Window by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper is on display at Carlisle Castle. The work will be on site until 8 July 2018 as part of the final year of14-18 NOW’s UK-wide tour of the poppies. The presentations by 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme…

We are providing a bit of a buzz ahead of the July 10 ‘Don’t Step on a Bee’ awareness day, by highlighting where visitors to Cumbria should take particular care and where they can see some of the most inspiring habitats and planting ideas that assist bee survival. Mirehouse, near…

When the call went out by Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life in Carlisle Castle for local people to creatively express their feelings on the theme of remembrance the Museum didn’t know what to expect. The response has been excellent with amateur artists from across Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway reaching…

The Gaddum Restaurant, named after Brockhole’s former Victorian owner, William Gaddum, was officially opened yesterday evening by Mrs Hilda Gaddum, widow of Anthony Gaddum, William Gaddum’s third cousin once removed. Mrs Gaddum, a Councillor at Cheshire East and former member at the Peak District National Park Authority, joined Richard Leafe,…

It’s served the community for 200 years and now has an exhibition dedicated to its own story. Local newspaper The Westmorland Gazette has been the definitive voice of the Lake District. It has recorded life in the Lakes with stories of its people and places since the 23rd May 1818….

One-of-a-kind World War I ambulance scoops Ruby Anniversary Trophy More than 100 classic cars headed to one of the North’s leading heritage attractions over the weekend, as part of a special ruby-themed event to mark 40 years of the Lakeland Motor Museum. The Ruby Anniversary ‘Drive and Ride In Day’…

Cumbria Living Heritage’s historic houses are celebrating the 300thanniversary of Thomas Chippendale’s by highlighting fabulous Chippendale furniture that will wow visitors who appreciate first-class craftsmanship. Others are inviting antique lovers journeying to the Lake District World Heritage Site to compare and contrast Chippendale masterpieces with other exquisite furniture, crafted by…