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The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow and ice across parts of Cumbria this weekend. If you need to travel, please adjust your driving to suit the road and weather conditions, and allow extra time for your journey.
You can find helpful advice on staying safe on ice and snow on the MetOffice website.
The M6 will close between junction 39 (Shap) and 40 (Penrith) in both directions again this weekend to complete Network Rail’s replacement of the railway bridge at Clifton.
- From 8pm today (Friday 9 January) to 5am on Monday 12 January
Diversion routes will be in place during the full weekend motorway closures
Train services through part of the West Coast Mainline are currently suspended during a 16-day closure to 15 January.
To help keep M6 traffic on the diversion routes, access to some local roads will be restricted during weekend closures. Access for residents and businesses will be maintained by a permit system and if you're eligible, you should have received information about these permits directly.
National Highways will be using a text alert service to provide up-to-date information over the weekend closures. To sign up to this service, text "M6 Clifton Railway Replacement" to 07723 402215.
A new long-distance walking route will celebrate the geography and spectacular scenery of Westmorland and Furness.
The Westmorland and Furness Way will run for 120 miles, linking Alston in the north and Furness Abbey in the south, following a route that showcases some of the area’s best countryside in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Yorkshire Dales National Park (Westmorland Dales) and the Lake District National Park.
The route, which is scheduled to launch in Autumn 2026, is being developed by Westmorland and Furness Council.
The trail can be divided into sections or tackled as a whole long-distance challenge, taking an estimated eight to 17 days to complete. It is hoped it will prove popular with walkers of all abilities, helping improve health and wellbeing, attracting people to the area and boosting the economies of communities along the route.
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