Askham ASKHAM. A Michelin-star restaurant, an open air, public swimming pool and a skeleton castle, Askham is another of Cumbria’s extraordinary villages that offers outstanding quality of life.

Cartmel is famous for its sticky toffee pudding and Simon Rogan's restaurant L'Enclume, which The Times praises for its ...

A Cumbrian village with two Michelin-starred restaurants has been ranked as one of the UK's most picturesque for a mini break ...

The Times has released its list of the 25 prettiest villages for a mini break in the UK, and several are within reach of Greater Manchester ...

One of England's highest villages, Nenthead, near Alston, is still stormbound. Debbie Barrett says they now have no water, and generally support is needed. Not far from Carlisle, the snow drifts ...

Rural communities cut off by snow for a fourth day are running out of supplies, residents say. Roads are impassable in some villages in Cumbria with snowdrifts described as at least 6ft high in ...

New speed limits have been enforced in three villages in Cumbria. Cumbria County Council's Local Committee for Eden agreed to implement or extend 30mph zones in Brough, Tebay and Blencarn.

The villages have been a project in the making since 2005 for over a period of 12 years. Lowson has spent that time painstakingly creating the minuscule buildings.

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