THINGS TO SEE AND DO

SHOWS > FAIRS & EVENTS
in the Area 2007-8
all the dates in Black have been updated to 2008

*click here   to see an updated   "What's on"

April
             26th -3rd May Cockermouth Georgian Festival

May
7-11   Keswick Jazz Festival
14-18 Keswick Mountain Festival
? ? ?    Keswick 1/2 Marathan
26-28-30 Cartmel Races
27-31 Festival of Fools, Ravenglass

June
16-7    Keswick Beer Festival
5-11   Appleby Horse Fair
9        Grange-o-Sands Edwardian Festival
10      Carlisle Carnival
15-17 Whitehaven Maritine Festival
16-17 Appleby Jazz Festival
17      Keswick Carnival
24      Ullswater Country Fair

July
1      West Cumbria Vintage Vehicle Rally
2-8   Coniston Water Festival
7-8   Langwathby Scarecrow Festival
(Nr. Penrith)
21    Cumberland Show Carlisle
21    Penrith Agricultural Show
26   Ambleside Traditional Lakeland       Sports
28-29 Cumbria Steam Gathering -Flookburgh
28-29 Bowness Air Show

August
3-5   Lowther Horse Driving Trials & Country Fair
4      Cockermouth Agricultural Show
5      Fell Pony Show, Brougham, Penrith
11    Dalston Agricultural Show
12    Cumb & Westmorland Vintage Vehicles Event, Penrith
18    Skelton Agricultural Show, Nr  Penrith
19      Lakeland Country Fair, Torver,
Nr. Coniston
25      Dufton Agricultural & Sheepdog       show,    Nr. Appleby
24-26 Solfest, Silloth
26      Grasmere lakeland Sports Day Show
25      Keswick Agricultural Show

September
6-9     Silloth Music & Beer Festival
14-15  Egremont Crab Fair & Sports
16      Borrowdale Shepherds Meet & Show

October
6       Cockermouth Sheepdog Trials

 2008 Keswick Mountain Festival
will take place from 14th to18th May.
www.keswickmountainfestival.co.uk

December
Sun 7th Dec.  Keswick Victorian Fayre

**Click here for Local Bus Time Tables

Castlerigg Stone Circle Keswick
Midsummer night 21st June brings New Age Travellers to the Stone Circle

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KESWICK STREET THEATRE
Every Tuesday through June & mid July,
Keswick Street Theatre (£2:50)}
accompanied children under 16 free.
will present their summer production, starting
outside the Moot Hall at 7:30pm.
Over 1¼  hours, the collected Audience are taken on a short walk
around the Centre of the Town,
where they enjoy TEN different scenes, each depicting
different characters and events from Keswick over the last 450 years
No booking is necessary simply turn up outside the Moot Hall
Show dates for the 2008 season are
June 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th   :   July 1st, 8th

COCKERMOUTH   Poet William Wordsworth~
Born in Main St. Cockermouth 7th April 1770
His Home was rescued by the National Trust in 1937
(it was about to be demolished to make way for a Bus Station)!
It is now open to the Public.

Cockermouth also has it's own  Brewery. 
Jennings Beer is a very popular Ale in Cumbria.
Jennings own a lot of the Pubs in the area and
therefore sell their own beer in them.

Keswick Launch on Derwentwater
Tel: 017687 72263
www.keswick-launch.co.uk
50 min Trips round the lake in Passenger Launches
(clock-wise or anti-clockwise) Every 1/2 hour.
Evening Cruises available.
Rowing Boats, Motor Boats & Cabin Cruisers for Hire.

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Tel: 01900 822 136  Fax: 01900 821 075
Email:  info@linskeldfieldtarn.co.uk
Linskeldfield Farm, ISEL , Nr. Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9SR