Economic regeneration

As Cumbria prepares for the Easter season, local businesses are highlighting how essential strong digital connectivity is for tourism, rural enterprise and community life.

Cumberland Council is delighted to announce a milestone in the delivery of the Carlisle Southern Link Road (CSLR) with the installation of two steel sculptures.

Whitehaven residents and businesses are once again being given the opportunity to have their say on how they think the town should grow and thrive in the future. Cumberland Council has organised another public drop-in event on Tuesday 24 March 2026 between 2pm and 7pm at the Civic Hall, Whitehaven. The event is open to all.

Residents across Millom are being invited to help name the town’s brand-new leisure facility. A public vote has opened today (Monday 16 March) to decide what the landmark centre, which is set to open later this year as part of Millom Town Deal’s flagship Activating Community Health project, will be called.

Cumberland Council is advising residents that Carlisle Library will temporarily close from Monday 23 March as the final major stage of refurbishment works gets underway. The newly improved library is expected to reopen in mid-June 2026.

More than 40 Cumbrian organisations showcased all the exciting opportunities the region has to offer at a packed economic showcase event at the Houses of Parliament this week.

Health leaders have met to discuss how a new, state-of-the-art leisure facility in Millom could transform community wellbeing across the area.

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

Cumbria is set to take centre stage at the Houses of Parliament next month as political leaders, investors and industry representatives gather together for an economic showcase designed to unlock the county’s next chapter of growth.

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.