WAKING on a bright Saturday morning with no plans, no invitations and no obligations to speak of, I impulsively decided to resume my quest ...

The remnants of a large late-Viking-age hall were recently uncovered by a volunteer archaeology group at a farm in Silloth, Cumbria. The load-bearing timber found there was carbon dated to ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a Viking age building in northwest England that they believe to be the 'largest discovered and excavated in Britain'. The team dug up a farm in Silloth, Cumbria last ...

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Strengthening winds and trending milder. Remaining cloudy but settled on Sunday with light showers developing. Observed at 22:00, Wednesday 19 March Report for Bassenthwaite, Cumbria ...

The Met Office has warned there is a 'very high' risk of fires on Friday. Its Fire Severity Index is showing elevated levels in areas between Milnthorpe and Carnforth and Ulverston and Dalton in ...

Aha, thinks I, that'll do – I hadn't seen much of west Cumbria, Cockermouth aside, and I'd heard a few comments about Silloth – good and not so good. As the bus trundled through Wigton and ...