A quick guide to Brampton, Cumbria Brampton, Cumbria is a small market town and civil parish, situated in the northeast of the county of Cumbria, in northwest England. Brampton lies about 9 miles (14 km) east of Carlisle and 2 just miles (3 km) south of the famed Hadrian’s Wall. Historically part of Cumberland, the…
A quick guide to Wigton Wigton is a small market town in Cumbria, north-west England. It’s situated about 12 miles south-west of Carlisle and 16 miles north-east of Maryport, between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast, on the fringe of the Lake District. It’s an ancient settlement dating back to pre-medieval times. In the…
Silloth is a super scenic Cumbria seaside town, nestling on the shores of the Solway Firth with a huge green expanse in the town centre. This is called, not surprisingly “The Green”. So if a quiet pretty seaside resort, with stunning scenery and the Lake District on its doorstep, sounds like fun then…
Ulverston is a market town and large civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, North West England. Historically in Lancashire, the town is 8 miles northeast of Barrow-in-Furness. It lies just 4 miles from the Lake District, just north of Morecambe Bay and neighbours Swarthmoor, Pennington and Rosside. The town is particularly renowned…
Bowness-on-Windermere is possibly the best located of the Lake District towns, being strategically sited halfway along Lake Windermere. It is the ideal base to explore the lake its self, or as a staycation base as you venture further afield in the Lake District. It also boasts a bit of literary culture, with links…
Barrow-in-Furness, commonly known as Barrow, a town and borough in the county of Cumbria, northwest England. Historically part of Lancashire, it was incorporated into the new county of Cumbria in the major local government reorganisation of 1974. Situated at the tip of the Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, it is bordered by Morecambe…
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