Finsthwaite

This is one of the Lake District's popular walks. It takes you through glorious woodland towards Finsthwaite on a narrow path that climbs to the grassy pastures above. It continues up again to walk around High Dam. After a short descent it leads you ...

The award-winning artist returns to Brantwood having previously exhibited at the Coniston gallery in 2011. The new exhibition, Elements, presents an exquisite collection of dramatic oils and watercolours in the Severn Studio, which wholly embrace both ...

The Revd Michelle Woodcock, Team Vicar of Finsthwaite, Haverthwaite and Staveley-in-Cartmel in the Cartmel Peninsula Team, part of the Diocese of Carlisle, will run the gruelling 26.2 mile course next month to benefit the British Heart Foundation (BHF ...

Parts of Cumbria were badly flooded in December, one of which was the village of Backbarrow. On December 5 the River Leven burst its banks and flooded the Whitewater Hotel, 19 properties in the Lakeland Village and two cottages in Finsthwaite Lane, ...

United Utilities confirmed the fault this morning after people in Ulverston and Finsthwaite began reporting they had little or no water pressure in their homes at 9.25am. A spokesman for the company said: “Customers reported low pressure from their ...

The slain animals were among 60 pigs which the heartbroken father-of-three moved from Lowick, near Ulverston, to Finsthwaite just five weeks ago. Mr Rose expressed his sadness at the loss of one of his oldest sows, which he was particularly fond of.