HISTORY enthusiasts are fighting to stop one of Cumbria’s last steamers being forced off the water. Shamrock is the last of Windermere’s steamboats, with a Grade I listed status, but plans to turn its home into hotel rooms have left owners worried it could be evicted from the lake. Owner Roger Mallinson, of Windermere, rescued [...]
WALKERS and locals have grouped together to try to stop a popular forest path being sold to private buyers. Sawrey Ground Forest, between Hawkshead Hill and the well-known beauty spot Tarn Hows, is a quiet walk thousands of visitors each year. But the Forestry Commission, which leases the land, looks set to sell the 39 [...]
A travelling exhibition showing 12,000 years of Lake District human history and how the iconic landscape developed has opened in Kendal. On a county-wide tour, ‘Unlocking the past, understanding the present’ is on show at the town’s library and will be highlighted in a special morning on Thursday 10 June, between 9.30 and 12.00. LDNP [...]
FUTURISTIC plans for a school and community building in a honeypot Lake District village have been rejected by national park planning chiefs. Grasmere Church of England School wanted to replace its Victorian building with a single storey structure, which used ‘free-form’ pods as part of the design. Lake District National Park Authority planning officers recommended [...]
A VICTORIAN castle once used by Beatrix Potter as a holiday home could be given a new lease of life. The Lake District National Park Authority has received an application from a developer to transform the castle on the banks of Windermere into a 27-bedroom hotel and spa. It is believed up to 20 jobs [...]
A LAKE District village plans to build a weir across the River Kent and harness electricity to sell on to the national grid – with any profits fed back into the community. The concept of a community-owned hydro scheme in Kentmere, near Kendal, was born out of a parish meeting almost two years ago and, [...]
THE Lake District’s potential as an Olympic training ground has been recognised by a government minister. Huw Irranca-Davies, natural environment minister at the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, said the park’s lakes, fells, footpaths and trails were ideal for athletes gearing up for the London Olympics. “The national parks has so much to [...]
