Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership

Tuesday 14 November, 2023, by News Release

Builders from Richmond have restored one of Westmorland’s most important 19th century industrial sites, the Smardale Gill limekilns near Kirkby […]

Friday 17 March, 2023, by News Release

The 9th Earl of Lonsdale, Will Lowther, has opened a new public right of way in Tebay in the Westmorland […]

Tuesday 6 December, 2022, by News Release

A Kendal man has won the annual hedgelaying competition run by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Andrew Kirkwood beat […]

Tuesday 30 August, 2022, by News Release

A hi-tech dairy farm in the Westmorland Dales opened to the public last week, promoting the central role that livestock […]

Friday 4 March, 2022, by Karen Griffiths

Ladle Lane is one of those delightful walled paths which invite you to explore. It leaves the village of Crosby […]

Tuesday 26 October, 2021, by Karen Griffiths

In this blogpost Jan Hicks explores an early trade route called ‘Breasthigh’ which runs west from Greenholme via Bretherdale (where […]

Monday 25 October, 2021, by Karen Griffiths

Local historian and archaeologist Jan Hicks has been carrying out some on-the-ground research for the ‘A Way Through’ project. She […]

Tuesday 19 October, 2021, by Karen Griffiths

Thanks to Hilary Wilson for passing these notes made by George Horn of Tebay of his days working on construction […]

Thursday 14 October, 2021, by Karen Griffiths

There’s been quite a bit of interest in the research that we’ve been doing as part of the ‘A Way […]

Tuesday 3 August, 2021, by Karen Griffiths

The life of John Ellis Watson is another classic tale from the period of Britain’s Industrial Revolution. We came across […]

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