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Visiting Cumbria

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This section contains everything you need to make the most of your visit to the Lake District.

From hotels and outdoor activity centres to great restaurants and sights not to be missed, find all you need to know to plan a trip to remember and to make the most of Cumbria's outstanding natural beauty here.

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	Map Pack Planning on taking to the fells during your visit? ... more				Where to stay From luxury hotels to camping sites ... more
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Happy for who?
The Cumberland News 12/11/2008 13:45:36
Cheap booze. For many those two words are enough to put a beaming smile on the face. A nice relaxing night with a bit of change left in the purse or wallet, whether that drink is consumed in a pub or the comfort of home.

Woolaghan-Atkinson
Whitehaven News 22/10/2008 09:46:25
MARRIED at St Mary’s Church, Cleator, were Jill, daughter of Billy and Christine Atkinson, of Frizington, and Luigi, son of Thomas and Angela Woolaghan, of Cleator Moor. The couple held their reception at the Hundith Hill Hotel, near Cockermouth, followed by a honeymoon in Austria, Bavaria and Slovenia. The bridesmaids were Eve Atkinson, Joanne Walker, Emily Edge and Rosie Woolaghan. The best man was Dave Wilcock with ushers Neil Close and Jamie Fitzwilliam. The pageboys were Ted Edge, Ethan and Harvey Cartwright, Sam and Joe Woolaghan.

Tools stolen in raid
News & Star 02/04/2008 11:01:29
RAIDERS smashed their way into a house that is being renovated in Buchanan Road, Currock, Carlisle, on Tuesday and stole tools worth £90. The burglary happened during the afternoon.

OUR SHIP COMES IN
Evening Mail 20/05/2008 09:15:15
A NEW era of surface shipbuilding in Barrow moved a step closer today when the government gave its commitment to build two aircraft carriers.

20 November 2008

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