As part of a pilot scheme to help long-term unemployed residents in Cumberland back into work, there will be a two-week training dig at Carlisle Cricket Club. This will take place from today, Saturday ...

"The archaeology and the tour guiding training, are a means to acquire transferable skills and gain employment in a number of ...

We are incredible fortunate in Carlisle to have not one but two brilliant museums that recall our local military history.

Several English locations have been used to represent Scottish settings in the hit Starz series Outlander, with one castle in ...

The prison scenes were filmed at various locations, with an exterior shot of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland standing in for the fictional Wentworth Prison. It's here that Jamie endures brutal ...

Another filming location for Wentworth Prison was Linlithgow Palace in Edinburgh, the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots. Outlander fans will also recognise Scotland as the stand-in for the New World, ...

THE fact that Cumbria is one of the largest but most sparsely populated of all of England’s ceremonial counties must be a ...

Cumbria Blue Badge tourist guide and trainer, Tess Pike, said: "We have had an excellent start to the programme in January at Cumbria's Museum of Military Life in Carlisle Castle. "The volunteers ...

Meanwhile the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle is also closed. Forestry England have also announced that both Hamsterley Forest and Kielder Forest are closed to visitors because of the strong winds.