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Covering Carlisle, Eden, Barrow-in-Furness, South Lakeland, Copeland, Allerdale and all areas of Cumbria.
Cumbria is the third largest county in England and came into existence in 1974. Cumbria is the far north of England and borders Scotland as well as Lancashire, North Yorkshire, County Durham and Northumberland. Part of Hadrian’s Wall can be found in Carlisle which is Cumbria’s largest settlement.
Cumbria is split into six districts – South Lakeland, Eden, Barrown-in-Furness, Allerdale, Copeland and Carlisle. The county is made up of the two former administrative counties of Cumberland Westmorland. Cumbria county council’s motto is “I shall lift up mine eyes unto the hills.”
The Lake District is completely within the county of Cumbria and is a mountainous region. The Lake District is home to England’s highest mountain – Scaffell Pike, which is 978m high, 13m higher than the second highest peak – Scafell. Scafell Pike is one the mountains climbed in the Three Peaks Challenge. The mountain is just less than 1/8th the size of Mount Everest – the world’s tallest mountain. By the end of 2007, Mount Everest had been successful ascended by 2,436 different people.
Carlisle is a city represented by Marquee Hire Cumbria that has in the past been part of Scotland. Carlisle’s cathedral has the largest east window of any cathedral in Europe. The M5 motorway runs from Carlisle to the south into Cumbria and the M74 runs north into Scotland from Carlisle.
Barrow-in-Furness is a town that has produced many naval vessels including nuclear-powered submarines. The town’s population increased 1400% in 13 years during the 1850’s and 1860’s due to the building of a railway. The Cumbrian town has a £200 million dockyard regeneration currently happening that is due to be finished in 2020.
Whitehaven, on the coast of Cumbria, has a bi-annual maritime festival and was the pilot site for the switchover to digital terrestrial television in 2007. In October and November 2007 all analogue channels were turned off in the area. Every television in Whitehaven must be connected to either freeview or a digital television system like Sky.
Workington is 32 miles southwest of Carlisle and is on the west coast of Cumbria. Workington used to be built on the steel and coal industries. Two of the industries now in the town are chemicals and cardboard.
Eden is a district of Cumbria and has the lowest population density of any English district – just 24 persons per square kilometre.
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