Cumbria magazine

For over 50 years Cumbria has been bringing a breath of the fells and valleys to devotees all over the world. Each month the magazine introduces readers to the characters who shape this beautiful corner of England. Every issue boasts a combination of stunning photography and informative articles about the people, history, countryside and traditions that give the Lake District its unique flavour.

Over 13,000 copies of Cumbria are sold every month and it is estimated that every copy bought is read by at least five people.

In the February issue:

Nature taking over at former mining site
Andrew Gallon sees the remarkable transformation of Hodbarrow, once a bleak industrial landscape and now a richly diverse nature reserve

Still quack-howping with the best
Tony Greenbank meets long time sheepdog trialler Chris Todd

Advocate of the Lake County
Bill Shepherd looks at the Ulverston boy who rose to Lord Justice of Appeal, fought plans to flood Bannisdale and had a fell named after him – Norman Birkett

Wanting that last award-winning cheese
Andrew Gallon meets cheesemaker Carolyn Fairbairn who despite collecting numerous awards, still yearns for the one that really counts

Waste digestion first for Cumbria
Ann Lingard sees for herself Cumbria’s first anaerobic digester to take crops and farm waste and convert them into methane gas, then electricity

Lakeland’s two perfect passes
Steve Goodier assesses those dramatic neighbours, Wrynose and Hardknott passes

Going up in the world
Amy Baker shares the thrill of ballooning over the Cumbrian countryside

Wordsworth walking
John Morrison looks at the landscape that inspired Wordsworth to compose poetry while out walking

Walking 1: Harrap Tarn
Mary Welsh sets off from Wythburn next to Thirlmere

Walking 2: Mirehouse and St Bega’s
Keith Wood takes a gentle walk near the shores of Bassenthwaite Lake

Echoes of a purple past
Tony Greenbank catches up with author Steve Freeman at the house that inspired his latest book

A rich, undiscovered paradise
Vivienne Crow looks at a beautiful but often overlooked corner of Cumbria, the Eden Valley.