Cumbria
Cumbria is a county in North West England.
Cumbria borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west.
Map of Cumbria
Constituent parts of the county of Cumbria.( Cumberland and West moorland & furness)
Coat of arms
Time zone
Currency £
Year founded : 1 April 1974
Motto: AD MONTES OCULOS LEVAVI' - I shall lift up mine eyes unto the hills.
The interior of Cumbria contains large upland areas. The south-west contains the Lake District, a national park and UNESCO world heritage site which includes Scafell Pike,
England's highest mountain and Windermere, its longest and largest lake and the North Pennines lie along the county's eastern border.
Towns and cities to visit
Abbey town
Ambleside
applby in Westmorland
Barrow in furness
Bassenthwaite
Carlisle
Cartmel
Dent
Egremont
Grasmere
Keswick
Places to stay.
Bed and breakfast.
The Cranleigh Boutique.
Bank House Bed and Breakfast.
Hassness Country House, Buttermere.
Hotels
Cedar Manor
Roundthorn Country House
Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa
Unique places to stay.
Rose Castle
Augill Castle
Self Catering Camping Coaches at Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway.
The Treehouse at Another Place, The Lake
Askham Hall
Self-catering
Howgills Apartments - Number 10
The Mouse House
The Tranquil Otter
Camping
Camping at Wallsend, Bowness-on-Solway
Wallace Lane Farm Campsite
Waterside House Campsite
Glamping
Shepherd Huts at Another Place, The Lake.
Glamping at Garthwaite.
Wellington Farm Glamping Breaks.
Touring camp site
Touring & Camping at Waters Edge Caravan Park.
The Estate.
Low Moor Head Caravan Park.
Holiday homes
Flusco Wood. Holiday Lodges
Newby Bridge Country Caravan Park.
Lodges at Ullswater Heights.
Pet friendly rooms
Coniston Park Coppice Site - Camping Pods
The Lamplighter Restaurant with Rooms
Barn Croft
Places to stay with a Hot Tub.
The Coppermines Mountain Cottages, Coniston
Slater Bob's, Coppermines Valley, Coniston
Bush Nook Farmhouse
Family friendly
Long Valley Yurts - Windermere - Wither slack
Hill croft Park - Lodges
Cragg Cottage, Torver, near Coniston
Sport
Running
Fell running is popular in this area and there are many clubs. Orienteering is popular also with a few clubs.
Football
Workington is home to a football like game known as Uppies and Downies a traditional version of football, with its origins in medieval football or an even earlier form. Barrow and Carlisle are the only professional football teams in the area.
Workington A.F.C. are a none league team and Barrow in the Conference North.
In the past there were American football teams in the area including Furness Phantoms and the Carlisle Kestrels.
Rugby
Ruby union
Is popular with in the north of England with Furness RUFC & Hawcoat Park RUFC (South Cumbria), Workington RUFC (Workington Zebras), Whitehaven RUFC, Carlisle RUFC, Creighton RUFC, Aspatria RUFC, Wigton RUFC, Kendal RUFC, Kirby Lonsdale RUFC, Keswick RUFC, Cockermouth RUFC, Upper Eden RUFC and Penrith RUFC.
Rugby league
Is popular in West Cumbria. Barrow, Whitehaven, and Workington play in the Rugby League
Championships.
Bat and ball.
Cumbria has a county cricket team based in Carlisle.
Cumbria is home to the Cartmel Valley Lions, an amateur baseball team based in Cartmel.
Wrestling
Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling, more commonly known just as Cumberland Wrestling, is an ancient and well-practiced tradition in the traditional English counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. .
Racing
Cumbria Kart Racing Club is based at the Lakeland Circuit, Rowrah, between Cockermouth and Egremont
Lakeland Circuit.
Things to do.
Visit the pencil museum in Keswick
Kendal Museum
Brantwood, Home of John Ruskin
Hill Top, Beatrix Potter's House
Hadrian's wall
Windermere
Cat bells Lakeland Walk
Food
Grasmere Gingerbread
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Kendal Mint Cake
Cumberland Rum Nicky
Cumberland Sausage
Herdwick Hoggett
Morecambe Bay Shrimps
Lyth Valley Damsons
Cumbrian Craft Beers
Cumbrian Gin
Dialect
Ackers -money
Any road - anyway
Badly - unwell
Bairden/Bairn - child
Bait - food.
Bar - pound sterling
Barie - good
Bewer - girlfriends
Bowk - vomit
Boyo - brother
Cailo - money
Chaff - to steal
Claggy - dirty
Clarty - dirty
Clegg - horsefly
Deek - look
Dial - face!
Dike - hedge
Dish - face
Dook - swim
Dookers - swimming trunks
Fettle - condition
Foily - smelly
Gammy - rotten
Ganzee - jacket
Hesta - have you?
Hoy - throw
Is it wat - no, it isn’t
Jewkle - dog
Kayeled - Drunk
Kecks - Trousers
Ladgeful - Embarrassing
Lowie - money
Mind - remember
Moy - mouth
Netty - toilet
Nix - nothing
Nowt - nothing
Parney - water
Ragde - bad/of poor quality
Scop - throw
Scran - food
Shan - embarrass
Shant - embarrassed
Smart - good looking
Spawney - lucky
Telt - told
Thrang - busy
Vanya/Vanyae - almost
Waffy - unsteady
Weez - who is?
Welt - hit
Yal watter - heavy rain
Yan - one
Yatter - talk
Yam - home
Zoff - it’s off
Famous people
Sir Chris Bonington, climber, and explorer
Stan Laurel, Ulverston born film comedian.
Beatrix Potter, writer of children's tales and farmer
Donald Campbell, world record breaker
Postman Pat, animated creation of John Cunliffe
John Ruskin, poet, writer and conservationist
William Wordsworth, writer and Poet Laureate
Fletcher Christian, of the Bounty mutiny
Thomas Henry Ismay, founder of the White
Star Line
Sir John Barrow, explorer and first Sea Lord who helped discover Antarctica.
Alfred Wainwright, author and fell walker.
Catherine Parr, Kendal born last wife of Henry VIII
Melvyn Bragg, Wigton born writer and presenter.
Jonathan Swift, writer of Gulliver’s Travels purportedly born in Whitehaven.
Viscount William Whitelaw, Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister
The emperor Hadrian, wall builder
Stella Rimmington, former director of MI5, raised in Barrow.
John Dalton, noted scientist and father of the Atomic Theory
Arthur Ransome, writer of Swallows and Amazons
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poet, writer, Keswick resident and first recorded solo
rock climb.
Anna Ford, Cumbrian born newsreader
How to get here.
By Rail
From Glasgow avanti west coast and Trans Pennie Express run services
1hr 10m to Carlisle and 2 hours to Lancaster.
From Edinburgh
There are daily services with trans Pennie express and avanti west Coast 1hr 15m to Carlisle and 2 hr 10m to Lancaster.
Scots rail connects Stranraer to Glasgow and there are daily services with Trans Pennie Express and avanti west coast. Journey takes 4hr to Carlisle and 4 hours 55m to Lancaster.
Avanti west coast provide services from Newcastle daily and Northern Rail. Provide services daily. The journey takes approximately 1hr 30minutes.
Northern Rail run hourly services from the Squires Gate Railway Station to Preston (lasting approximately 30m), from which the Avanti West Coast Main Line services can be used to travel onward to the Cumbria Hubs. Alternatively, First Trans Pennine Express also run hourly services to Preston from Blackpool North Railway Station, which take approximately 25m in duration.
Regular services from Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan Northwestern Railway Station (via Northern Rail) or Warrington Bank Quay Railway Station (via First Trans Pennine Express), from which the Avanti West Coast Main Line services can be used to travel onward to the Cumbria Hubs. Rail journeys from Liverpool to Wigan and Warrington take between 30minutes and 50minutes.
Trans Pennine Express offer regular services from all Manchester stations to Grange-over- Sands, Ulverston, Barrow-in-Furness, Oxenholme, Kendal, Windermere, Penrith, and Carlisle.
From Leeds Station there are regular on Trans Pennine Express services journey takes approximately 2hours 40m.
From Hull First Trans Pennine Express provide hourly services to Leeds City Station lasting approximately 1hr, from which connections can then be made to Cumbria.
From Crewe West Coast Main Line and Virgin Trains run hourly services to the Cumbria Hubs. Journey times are approximately 1hour to Lancaster, 1hour 15minutes to Oxenholme, 1hour 35minutes to Penrith and 1hour 50minutes to Carlisle.
Birmingham International Railway Station is in the city centre and provides.
direct access via the Avanti West Coast hourly services to the Cumbria.
Half-hourly Greater Anglia trains run to London Liverpool Street to and from Norwich, taking approximately 1hour 50 mins. Greater Anglia also run a service to Stansted Airport, taking approximately 2 hours.
Arriva Train Wales runs regular services from Cardiff Central Railway Station to Crewe (journey approximately 2housr 50minutes), from which the Avanti West Coast Main Line can be accessed for onward travel to the Cumbria.
London Euston Railway Station provides direct rail routes via Avanti West Coast to Cumbria. Eurostar services now operate direct into London St Pancras International, which is a short distance away from London Euston where direct Virgin Trains services operate to
Lancaster, Oxenholme, Penrith, and Carlisle daily.
Southeastern Trains run regular services to London St Pancras from Dover Priory Railway Station, lasting approximately 1hpur 50minutes. London Euston is either a short walk or Underground journey from London St Pancras, from which Avanti West Coast operates the main line service directly to Cumbria.
By Air
London Heathrow is the main international airport in London. The London Underground Piccadilly line connects the airport terminals to central London. Change at Leicester Square onto the Northern line for Euston railway station.
London City Airport is located in East London and provides routes from other UK and European destinations into London. A
bus service connects the airport with the Docklands Light Railway, which operates routes through central London. Change at Bank onto the Northern line for Euston railway station.
Cardiff Airport providing connections to Newcastle, Isle of Anglesey, Jersey, Aberdeen and Edinburgh as well as a multitude of worldwide destinations. Hourly trains run to Cardiff Airport from Cardiff Central and Bridgend train stations.
Norwich International Airport provides links to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Guernsey, and Manchester as well as other international destinations. A Park and Ride service is available that runs regularly to the city centre.
Birmingham International Airport provides connections from over 110 worldwide destinations to the UK. A free 'Air-Rail Link' system runs to Birmingham International
Airport.
Humberside Airport provides connections from several European destinations. The Stagecoach 'Humber Flyer' operates Monday to Saturday between Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Humberside Airport, Barton, and Hull. The nearest railway station to the Airport is Barnaby, which is serviced by both First Trans Pennine Express and East Midlands Railway.
Leeds Bradford Airport provides access to the UK from many European destinations and several worldwide locations. Regular bus services connect Leeds City Railway Station with Leeds Bradford International Airport
Manchester Airport is an international airport providing access to the Northwest of the UK from a multitude of worldwide.
destinations. First Trans Pennine Express and Northern Rail provide 24/7 rail services to and from the airport. First Trans Pennine Express provide both direct and connecting routes (via Preston) to the Lake District.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an international airport connecting over 50 European destinations with the Northwest of the UK. Arriva provides regular bus services to the airport from Liverpool City Centre. Liverpool South Parkway is the nearest railway station to the airport, and both Northern Rail and First Trans Pennine Express operate regular services to Warrington Central Railway Station. A short walk away is Warrington Bank Quay, from which the Virgin Trains West Coast Main Line services can be used to travel onward.
Newcastle International Airport provides.
easy access to the Lake District from many worldwide destinations.
Regular flights run between Edinburgh Airport and Manchester International Airport, approximately 1hour 10minutes in duration. First Trans Pennine Express offers a direct train service from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme taking approximately 1.5 hours.
Flights run most days from Glasgow Airport to Manchester International Airport, approximately 1 hour in duration. First Trans Pennine Express offers a direct train service from Manchester Airport to Oxenholme taking approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.
By Road
You can reach Cumbria from Glasgow by
M74/A74(M) which runs directly into the M6 at Carlisle.
Appleby: 2hours 4 minutes,
Barrow: 3hours 6minutes
Carlisle: 1hour 38minutes
Kendal 2hours 19minutes
Keswick: 2hours 8minutes
Penrith: 1hour 52minutes
Sedbergh: 2hours 18minutes
Silloth: 2hours 12minutes
Whitehaven: 2hours 33minutes
Windermere: 2hours 49minutes
Edinburgh
The A702 connects Edinburgh to the A74(M), which then runs directly into the M6 at Carlisle.
Appleby: 2hours 42 minutes
Barrow: 3hours 44minutes
Carlisle: 2hours 4minutes
Kendal 2hours 53minutes
Keswick: 2hourd 44minutes
Penrith: 2hours 24minutes
Sedbergh: 2hours 56minutes
Silloth: 2hours 48minutes
Whitehaven: 2hours 56minutes
Windermere: 3hours 4minutes
Stranraer
You can reach Cumbria from Stranraer by the A75 connects Stranraer to Dumfries and onward to the join the M6 at Gretna.
Appleby: 3hours 26 minutes
Barrow: 4hours 29minutes
Carlisle: 2hours 48minutes
Kendal 3hours 37minutes
Keswick: 3hours 29minutes
Penrith: 3hours 9minutes
Sedbergh: 3hours 40minutes
Silloth: 3hours 32minutes
Whitehaven: 3hours 40minutes
Windermere: 3hours 48minutes.
You can Reach Cumbria from Newcastle by A69 directly connects Newcastle with Carlisle, taking approximately 1hr 15m. From Carlisle, the M6 provides access to
Penrith.
Appleby: 1hours 42 minutes
Barrow: 3hours
Carlisle: 1hours 35minutes
Kendal 2hours 10mimutes
Keswick: 2hours 14minutes
Penrith: 1hour 55minutes
Sedbergh: 2hours 2minutes
Silloth: 2hours 21minutes
Whitehaven: 2hours 29minutes
Windermere: 2hours 21minutes
Blackpool
The M55 runs from Blackpool through to the M6 J32 just north of Preston, and onward travel can then be made to Cumbria.
Appleby: 1hour 40 minutess
Barrow: 1hour 43minutes
Carlisle: 1hour 45minutes
Kendal 1hour 2minutes
Keswick: 1hour 48minutes
Penrith: 1hour 26minutes
Sedbergh: 1hour 9minutes
Silloth: 2hours 28minutes
Whitehaven: 2hours 24minutes
Windermere: 1hour 13minutes
Liverpool
The M62 runs from Liverpool across the country through to Hull. The M6 can be accessed at J21A near Warrington, and onward travel made to Cumbria.
Appleby: 2hours 14 minutes
Barrow: 2hours 17minutes
Carlisle: 2hours 19minutes
Kendal 1hour 36minutes
Keswick: 2hours 21minutes
Penrith: 2hours
Sedbergh: 1hours 43minutes
Silloth: 3hours 2minutes
Whitehaven: 2hours 58minutes
Windermere: 1 hour 46minutes.
Manchester
You can reach Cumbria from Manchester by the M60 and M6.
Appleby: 2hours 6 minutes
Barrow: 2hour 9minutes
Carlisle: 2hours 11minutes
Kendal 1hour 28minutes
Keswick: 2hours 13minutes
Penrith: 1hour 52minutes
Sedbergh: 1hour 34minutes
Silloth: 2hours 53minutes
Whitehaven: 2hours 50minutes
Windermere: 1hour 38minutes
HULL
You can reach Cumbria from Hull by M62 running from Hull across the country through to Liverpool. The M6 can be accessed at J21A near Warrington,
Appleby: 2hours 42 minutes
Barrow: 3hour 30minutes
Carlisle: 3hours 21minutes
Kendal 2hours 50minutes
Keswick: 3hours 22minutes
Penrith: 2hours 58minutes
Sedbergh: 2hours 52minutes
Silloth: 4hours 3minutes
Whitehaven: 3hours 59minutes
Windermere: 3hours
Leeds
You can get from Leeds to Cumbria by two routes to travel from Leeds to the Lake District. The M62 from Leeds passes north of Manchester and connects to the M6, from which the Cumbria Hubs can be accessed. For a more picturesque route, the A65 passes through Ottley, Skipton and Settle to then meet up with the M6 between Lancaster and Kendal
Appleby: 1hour 58 minutes
Barrow: 2hours 25minutes
Carlisle: 2hours 28minutes
Kendal 1hour 44minutes
Keswick: 2hours 30minutes
Penrith: 2hours 8minutes
Sedbergh: 1hour 45minutes
Silloth: 3hours 10minutes
Whitehaven: 3hours 6minutes
Windermere: 1hour 55minutes
You can get to Cumbria from Crewe by The M6 is 7 miles from Crewe and be accessed at Sandbach.
Appleby: 2hours 5 minutes
Barrow: 2hours 19minutes
Carlisle: 2hours 21minutes
Kendal 1hours 40minutes
Keswick: 2hours 20minutes
Penrith: 2hours 6minutes
Sedbergh: 1hour 45minutes
Silloth: 2hours 50mminutes
Whitehaven: 3hours
Windermere: 2hours 6minutes
You can get from Birmingham to Cumbria by the M6.
Appleby: 3hours 19 minutes
Barrow: 3hours 22minutes
Carlisle: 3hours 23minutes
Kendal 2hours 41minutes
Keswick: 3hours 26minutes
Penrith: 3hours 4minutes
Sedbergh: 2hours 48minutes
Silloth: 4hours 6minutes
Whitehaven: 4hours 3minutes
Windermere: 2hours 51minutes
You can get from Norwich to Cumbria by the A1 via the A47.
Appleby: 5hours
Barrow: 5hours 43minute
Carlisle: 5hours 39minutes
Kendal 5hours 27minutes
Keswick: 5hours 37minutes
Penrith: 5hours 19minutes
Sedbergh: 5hours 22minutes
Silloth: 6hours 6minutes
Whitehaven: 6hour 16minutes
Windermere: 5hours 32minutes
You can get from Birmingham to Cumbria by the M6
Appleby: 3hours 19 minutes
Barrow: 3hours 22minutes
Carlisle: 3hours 23minutes
Kendal 2hours 41minutes
Keswick: 3hours 26minutes
Penrith: 3hours 4minutes
Sedbergh: 2hours 48minutes
Silloth: 4hours 6minutes
Whitehaven: 4hours 3minutes
Windermere: 2hours 51minutes
You can get from Cardiff to Cumbria by
The A48(M) connects Cardiff to the M4 which runs across the southern coast of Wales. The M5 is then joined at J20, which then merges with the M6 .
Appleby: 4hours 57 minutes
Barrow: 5hours
Carlisle: 5hours 2minutes
Kendal 4hours 19minutes
Keswick: 5hours 4minutes
Penrith: 4hours 42minutes
Sedbergh: 4hours 26minutes
Silloth: 5hours 44minutes
Whitehaven: 5hours 41minutes
Windermere: 4hours 29minutes
You can get from London to Cumbria by The M1 leads directly out of London towards the North West. At J15 merge onto the M6.
Appleby: 5hours 19 minutes
Barrow: 5hours 25minutes
Carlisle: 5hours 26minutes
Kendal 4hours 44minutes
Keswick: 5hours 29minutes
Penrith: 5hours 7minutes
Sedbergh: 4hours 51minutes
Silloth: 6hours 9minutes
Whitehaven: 6hour 6minutes
Windermere: 4hours 54minutes
You can get from Dover to Cumbria by The A20/M20 connects dover with the M25 ring road around London.
Travelling anti-clockwise around the M25, the M1 leads away from London towards the Northwest. At J15 merge onto the M6.
Appleby: 6hours 14 minutes
Barrow: 6hours 25minutes
Carlisle: 6hours 27minutes
Kendal 5hours 44minutes
Keswick: 6hours 29minutes
Penrith: 6hours 8minutes
Sedbergh: 5hours 51minutes
Silloth: 7hours 9minutes
Whitehaven: 7hours 6minutes
Windermere: 5hours 54minutes
By Ferry
Both Stena Line and P&O Ferries operate services to Cairnryan Ferry Port from Belfast. takes approximately 2 hours. The nearest railway station is Stranraer, which is around four miles away from the port.
DFDS Seaways provides daily overnight ferry crossings from Ijmuiden, Holland to Newcastle’s Port of Tyne. A connecting bus service to Newcastle Central Railway Station runs every 20 minutes.
P&O Ferries provides daily crossings between Dublin and Liverpool. Stena Line also operate daily routes between Liverpool and Belfast. The nearest railway station is Birkenhead Hamilton Square, which is a 15-minute walk from the ferry terminal.
P&O Ferries provide daily overnight services to Hull Ferry Port from Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. Hull Ferry Port is located close to the town centre and is accessible by regular bus services.
P&O Ferries, A Ferry and DFDS run daily crossings to Calais from Dover Ferry Port.
In addition, DFDS run daily crossings to Dunkirk. The nearest railway station is Dover Priory Station. Services operate from London Victoria or London Charing Cross. National Express operate a bus service to Dover Ferry Port from London Victoria
Places to eat
The old stamp house Ambleside
The board walk bar Bowness on Windermere.
Great north pie co. Ambleside
High stile kitchen Buttermere
Elodie's cafe and wine merchants Kirby Lonsdale.
The best time of the year to visit Cumbria is between June and august.
Facts
There is only one lake in the lake District
Lake Bassenthwaite is the only lake in the Lake District. The other “lakes” are considered to be Waters, Meres or Tarns. And no, we don’t know the difference between them all either.
Windermere is England's longest body of water
It’s 10.5 meters long.
Wastwater is the Deepest.
It’s 74-metres deep.
The top 5 highest mountain in England are here.
There’s Scafell Pike (978m), Sca Fell (964m), Helvellyn (950m,) Ill Crag (935m), and Broad Crag (934m).
The steepest road in England is here.
Hardknott Pass in Eskdale one of the steepest roads in England It has a maximum gradient of one in three.
And England's tallest tree.
It’s over 57m tall and can be found amongst other giants at the Ambleside Champion Tree Trail.
Useful web pages
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