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Cumbria [1] is a county in the North West of England. One of the most famous tourist attractions is the Lake District National Park.

[edit] Cities,towns and villages

[edit] Cities

• Carlisle

[edit] Towns

• Ambleside
• Bowness-on-Windermere
• Barrow-in-Furness
• Cockermouth
• Kendal
• Keswick
• Kirkby Lonsdale
• Penrith
• Sedbergh
• Whitehaven
• Windermere
• Workington

[edit] Villages

• Dent

[edit] Other destinations

• The Lake District Lakes - Bowness, Windermere, Coniston, Ullswater, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Keswick, Pooley Bridge, Borrowdale, Waterhead and Ambleside. Proposed World Heritage site.
• Hadrian's Wall - North of Carlisle, on the border with Scotland. An 80-mile long wall built by the Roman Governor Hadrian to keep the Scottish tribes out. A UNESCO World Heritage List site.
• The Pennines - the northern section of the range of hills that divides Northern England.
• Eskdale Valley
• Cartmel
• The Eden Valley

[edit] Understand

This modern county was formed in local government reforms in the 1970s, and comprises the traditional counties of Cumberland (to the North and West), Westmorland (to the East), and parts of Lancashire (to the South). Geographically it is dominated by the Lake District at its centre, which is England's only true mountain range and which presents a natural barrier to travel across the county.

To the West of the county the towns of Workington and Whitehaven lie on a disused coalfield, which in the last twenty years has led to relatively high unemployment and low property values. Further South along the coast are the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant, and the shipbuilding town of Barrow-in-Furness.

To the East lies the Eden Valley and the western slopes of the Pennine Hills.

To the North is a low-lying plain containing the border city of Carlisle before the Solway Firth forms the natural border with Scotland.

[edit] Talk

People from Cumbria have extremely strong accents. It is not uncommon to have a conversation with someone and come out of it not having any idea what was just said to you.

[edit] Get in

By road: Motorway M6 from Birmingham. Connects to Lancaster (S of main Lake District but good urban centre), Kendal (main town in SE of Lakes, convenient for Windermere, Coniston etc.), Penrith (in N centre of Lakes) and Carlisle (N of main Lake District but good urban centre). For Barrow and W coast, take A590 from junction 36. The motorway also provides access to the W side of the Pennines, and, from Carlisle, to Hadrian's Wall and to the NE corner of England.

By rail: Railway runs to Lancaster (with branch to Grange-Over-Sands and Barrow), Oxenholme (branch to Kendal & Windermere), Shap (very high, very cold, no houses) & Carlisle.

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[edit][add listing] Drink

Cumbria is home to 23 breweries and brew-pubs including The Bitter End Pub & Brewery in Cockermouth

[edit] Stay safe

A relatively quiet and rural county, the most obvious signs of crime are the police signs in Lakeland car parks warning you not to leave valuables on show in your car. As usual in England, it's best to avoid the centre of larger towns at night (such as Barrow, Workington and Carlisle) as they're prone to the regular assortment of drunks and fights.

[edit] Get out

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