We are working with the County Council and Thorn Lighting to install new Dark Skies and wildlife friendly road lighting across Cumbria. A short film featuring some of the work so far. Read more
Mark Curr, a third generation farmer at Bowderdale Head, explains how and why sheep are 'gathered' from the fell, and brought down to the farm. Read more
Local schools took part in an art project with artists Rob and Harriet Fraser. See their work and watch their video creations featuring the unique landscapes of the Westmorland Dales. Read more
Presenter Debbie North promotes outdoor adventures for all in a new film Get Outside in the Westmorland Dales. Read more
Born out of lockdown, when we had no access to the fells, our Film Club features inspiring, uplifting, moving and informative films that reflect the landscapes, people and culture of the Lake District and Cumbria.
Please do get in touch if you have any recommendations to add to our Film Club. Email [email protected]
Stay safe and well and enjoy.
A project led by Lois Mansfield of the University of Cumbria which is documenting the farming cultural heritage of the Lake District, funded by the National Park’s Farming in Protected Landscapes programme. Read more
A fantastic trip through the lakes, Bob Orrell takes us on a packhorse journey through the Lake District from Ravenglass to Shap, back in 1977. Read more
Lesley Williams of Cicerone guidebooks in conversation with Andrew Tait of Friends of the Lake District, discussing her latest book, Walking the Tour of the Lake District. Read more
Most of the world's land species are nocturnal. In this short film Bob Mizon of the Commission for Dark Skies talks about why we need to protect the night. Read more
After lockdown in April 2021, Neil heads out for another low-level walk from Ambleside, and pays a visit to the epic Rydal Caves, overlooking Rydal Water in the English Lake District. Read more
The children at Grasmere School want to welcome everyone back to the Lake District, and they have some handy tips to help you enjoy your visit. Respect... Protect... Enjoy... Read more
How well do you know British bird calls and songs? In this guess the sound video you will hear 30 different songs/ calls from a variety of different British birds and one or two rare visiting species. Read more
Poet, Harriet Fraser has produced two short films for the Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme aimed at primary aged children to inspire poetry linked to trees and the landscape. Read more
The four countryside apprentices working with our Westmorland Dales project have completed their 18-month apprenticeships. Watch this wonderful film that captures their enthusiasm, achievements and the beauty of the winter landscape. Read more
The natural world can provide comfort at difficult times, as this film about shows. Andy Airey lost his daughter to suicide two years ago. Here he talks movingly about his life on the other side. Read more
What does the United Kingdom really look like? To get a better sense of proportion, let's go on a one hundred second walk across our nation. Each second of the walk reveals 1% of our lands and how they look from above. Are you ready for the UK in 100 Seconds? Read more
Gamelands Stone Circle lies at the foot of Knott Scar in the heart of the Westmorland Dales in Cumbria. Read more
Basketmaker Lorna Singleton on the process of making traditional Cumbrian oak swill baskets, from coppicing the woodland in the Rusland valley to how the wood is split, boiled and worked until ready for weaving. Read more
Join Abbie Barnes and her mum, Pearl, walking one of the most popular long distance trails in England; The Cumbria Way. Via boggy paths, neck-high bracken, over mountains, along lakes, and quaint little villages. Read more
The Westmorland Dales and Cumbria Wildlife Trust teams have joined up with local photographer and filmmaker Jon Chappell to produce a series of short films designed to help you identify the most common meadow wildflowers. Read more
Sit back relax and fly over some of the Lake District's amazing peaks in this beautiful cinematic film by Michael Lazenby. Read more
If you're feeling nostalgic for a bit of travel, you can take part in a popular train journey through the Lake District from the comfort of your home. Read more
Trailpike: noun: /Lakeland Dialect/ :A wanderer: a vagabond of dubious reputation and/ or appearance. Read more
Trail magazine's Ben Weeks takes on the challenge of 'Threading the Needle', a short but serious scramble behind one of the Lake District's most iconic mountain features: Napes Needle on Great Gable. Read more
This video was put together by 'MOViE iT' adventure films, as an introduction piece for Colin Hill's talk on Open Water Swimming at the Kendal Mountain Festival. Read more
Shown in UK cinemas during the 1930s. Wonderful to look back and think how people were actively looking to preserve what was then and still is today, so beautiful. Read more
The Keswick Mountaineering Club marked its tenth anniversary with a mass ascent of 'Corvus' on Raven Crag in Borrowdale. Read more
It has been a while since I hiked any kind of distance and I haven't been wild camping for years, so I packed camera and hiking back and took on the challenge of The Cumbria Way. Read more
Leo Walmsley has lived in Langdale his whole life and spent the last 10 years working for the National Trust repairing and building footpaths with the Fix the Fells programme. After 31 years in the Langdales, he still loves every moment of his time here. Read more
A stunning short film, set to music, highlighting the outstanding beauty of the Lake District and Cumbria. Read more
Hound Trailing is one of Cumbria's oldest and most popular sports. Racing takes place over moorland, fields and fells, the hounds follow a trail laid down by runners grading rags soaked in a mixture of paraffin and oil of aniseed. Read more
The Frog Whitton Round is a classic cycling and swimming challenge set in the Lake District. Only one athlete has managed to complete the round since its creation in 2019. It consists of 154km of cycling, over 3000m of ascent and 10km of swimming. Read more
Alastair Humphreys takes on the Fred Whitton Challenge - an iconic, 112-mile cycle challenge over all the major passes of the Lake District National Park. It's beautiful, difficult, simple, but not easy. Read more
A short story exploring the subject of mental health and how, taking his therapy sessions into the outdoors, a young man was able to see the world from a less fearful perspective. Read more
Charlie Woodburn and Gilly McArthur climb Scafell's Central Buttress (E1), first climbed by Siegfried Herford in 1914. Read more
Traditional sheep farmer Pauline Blair talks about life on her farm and puts sheepdog Dan through his paces. Read more
Just to check that his body still worked as it crept into middle age, one man spent his 40th birthday travelling 40 miles, each mile using a different form of non-motorised transport. Read more
Travel with American writer, photographer and trail runner, Rickey Gates, to the UK to explore and discover the history, culture and legends of the ancient practice of fell running. Read more
Bringing together the environmental issues facing Windermere, as well as celebrating the role the Arctic char has played in the cultural life of Cumbria. Read more
In June 2019, Paul Tierney set out on an epic adventure to summit all 214 Alfred Wainwright Lake District peaks in one go, to try to beat the record time of 6 days 13 hours and 1 minute. Read more
The documentary follows the journey of Cumbrian Joe Beaumont, badly injured in a climbing accident, as he undertakes the biggest physical adventure challenge of his life. Read more
Wild swimming connects you to a part of yourself that you don’t normally have access to. When chaotic city life had taken its toll, the Wild Swimming Brothers turned to nature. Read more
Ben lives and works in the Lake District where he runs an ethical tree surgery business. He is keen to share his passion for exploring and climbing trees with others, and to pass on his knowledge of this unexplored organic playground. Read more
A story about womanhood, miscarriage, healing, loving your own skin and freezing your bum off in cold water. Maybe life is indeed better when you wear a swimsuit. Read more
Lakeland endurance running, the slow game of energy and emotion, anxiety and anticipation: an unfolding physical landscape that you run through and an emotional landscape that runs through you. Read more
A short film by Terry Abraham, and Harriet Fraser, about the work of Friends of the Lake District, commissioned to celebrate our 85th anniversary. Read more
Sir Martin Holdgate on the history of the Westmorland Dales Read more
The impact of flooding events on a Lakeland community in Glenridding and Patterdale and what, in their own words, the possible solutions may be for the future. Read more