Upcoming events
Solway Coast Cycling Festival
Head over to our Solway Coast Cycling Festival at Silloth Green from 10AM – 4PM this Saturday. The festival has activities for all family members, you don’t want to miss it.
Events include Grass Track racing, kids biking skills sessions, bike repairs demonstrations, fairground rides, children’s story telling, outdoor fitness classes and many other kid’s activities.
A small number of bikes will be available for hire on the day, no online booking is needed but the bikes will be hired out first come, first served.
If you have a bike of your own, bring it along! We will have a rack for people to leave their bikes while you’re enjoying the festival. You could take a trip along one of the 5 cycling routes around Silloth. The cycling routes are on our website, or alternatively you could follow ‘visitallerdale’ on your Kamoot app to see all of the cycling routes in Allerdale.
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Cockermouth & District Agricultural Show
30th July 2022 - 9:30am
An action packed day for the whole family. Taking place on the Fitz near Lakes Home Centre in Cockermouth.
Animals, Cumberland & Westmorland Wrestling, crafts, beer tent and much more!
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 25th – 28th August
Solfest is a family friendly music festival spanning many musical genres and eras. There’s plenty to enjoy in addition to the music from walkabout performers, the green area workshop and the healing garden.
Next month, Taste of the Sea Maryport will take place along the beautiful harbour of Maryport.
On Saturday 13th – Sunday 14th August there will be a producers’ market, hot food court, drinks tent, live music and a picnic field. There will also be a young entrepreneurs’ market, comedy night and a gin tasting evening.
Tickets are now available for the following:
Gin tasting evening (more information below)
Comedy night (more information below)
We’re hosting a cake-off competition at Taste of the Sea Maryport. Whether you aspire to be the next Mary Berry or just bake for fun, we would like to see what you have got to offer! Bring your best bakes over to our Visit Allerdale stand, on Saturday 13 August, to be in with the chance to win. Don’t forget to register online first!
Maryport Taste of the Sea will be followed by the Taste Cumbria festival in Cockermouth on 24 / 25 September, then Taste Cumbria Christmas on 10 / 11 December.
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Taste Of The Sea Comedy Night is on the Saturday 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Clinton Baptiste, from Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, will top the bill at the ever-popular Taste Cumbria comedy night alongside a great line-up of stand up comics.
The MC for the evening is Cumbrian festival favourite Mike Wilkinson who compered the event brilliantly in Maryport last year – once he was freed from a loo with a dodgy lock! He has supported the likes of Peter Kay, Johnny Vegas and Ross Noble, as well as headlining clubs all over the country.
Iain Hume promises ‘good classic Scottish banter’ and is ‘wonderfully deadpan with impeccable timing’ according to his reviewers, while Roger Monkhouse has a ‘stage-prowling style’ and is ‘a master of observational comedy’.
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Taste Of The Sea Gin Tasting Evening is on the Sunday evening 4:30pm - 6pm.
Cumbria Distilling Company is proud to present a gin tasting evening hosted at Her Citi on Sunday 14th August – a perfect way to round off our second Taste of the Sea festival!
We only have 30 tickets available for this exclusive event so make sure you get yours ASAP.
What’s included? – You will be tasting three gin-based drinks and a cocktail, along with brilliantly prepared tapas by Debbie at Her Citi
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From 23rd July you will be able to catch the free shuttle bus from Cockermouth to the beautiful Buttermere valley again. This bus was popular in 2021, now funding has been provided to continue over busy periods of this year. You can park and ride from Memorial Gardens in Cockermouth, which costs just £5 to park all day.
Friendly dogs are welcome on board, so you can make sure your furry friends aren’t missing out on your family adventures!
Cockermouth to Buttermere - Shuttlebus timetable
Keswick to Catbells - Shuttlebus timetable
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As we head into the summer season, it has been recognised the mountain rescue team are receiving an increased amount of rescue calls.
Whether you are new or experienced to exploring, it is still very important that you plan ahead. Keep the following tips in mind before stepping out to start your journey:
- Check the weather – the weather can be unpredictable at times. Plan how long your trip is going to take and check the weather for that timescale.
- Make sure you have the right equipment – research what equipment you need on your trip.
- Always take a fully charged phone – in case of an emergency, you will always need to make sure your phone is charged to call 999. However, you may not always get signal. Pack a whistle and torch to signal for help.
- Know your limits!
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Following closure for essential forestry works, the Forestry England team at Whinlatter have this week reopened a popular area of the forest, just in time for the summer
holidays.
The area around Revelin Moss car park, including the Altura South mountain bike trail, has been closed for much of 2022 to allow important thinning work to take place safely.
Alongside the reopened trails, visitors are invited to experience the forest through a series
of guided nature walks, helping them discover the huge variety of natural life, often right
underneath their feet. Covering both reopened areas and other parts of the forests, these
events cost just £5 per person, with information on how to book available through the
forest’s website (forestryengland.uk/Whinlatter).
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 🔥 It's hot out there!
Help us protect our countryside, agriculture, wildlife and you by preventing the risk of wildfires occurring.
🔥 Don't light fires or BBQs in rural areas.
🚭 Discard of cigarette ends responsibly.
✅ Take litter home with you, especially glass bottles.
Please share this information with your friends and family.
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