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Cumberland Council will begin essential carriageway resurfacing and footway reconstruction works on the A595 Gateside to Beckside Bridge, Whicham Valley.

Cumberland Council is pleased to announce upcoming road improvements on Gote Brow, Station Road and Lorton Street in Cockermouth.

Adoption Cumbria is proudly taking part in LGBTQ+ Adoption & Fostering Week 2026, calling on LGBTQ+ individuals and couples across the county to consider whether they could offer a safe, stable and loving home to a child who needs one.

Cumberland Council will begin essential carriageway resurfacing on the B5299 Welton starting Monday 2 March.

A team of Cumbrian professional artists are serving up a tasty ‘Art Buffet’ and calling on the Cleator Moor community to come along and make their mark.

We are relocating our customer services in Wigton and Keswick to the towns' libraries following feedback from residents about wanting more integrated services.

Cumberland Council is delighted to announce that award-winning crime and thriller writer M.W. Craven has been appointed as the Cumberland Libraries Ambassador for 2026 as part of the UK wide movement, The National Year of Reading.

Work has started on clearing land at the Port of Workington and Oldside to prepare the area for future development. Once complete, around 8.49 hectares of development land will be available.

A new Innovation Centre in Workington is on track for practical completion next month and has an operator in place to run the building.

The Iron Line project in Millom and Haverigg has reached another key milestone after Cumberland Council’s Planning Committee (Wednesday 25 February 2026) resolved to support the new planning application.