The Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme aims to unlock and reveal the hidden heritage of the Westmorland Dales, enabling more people to connect with, enjoy and benefit from this inspirational landscape. Thanks to National Lottery players it has been supported by a grant from the Heritage Fund. Join our mailing list to receive our latest news, events and volunteering opportunities.
We're delighted to see the Westmorland Dales Scheme apprentices out and about working on a wide variety of activities and beginning to develop skills which will benefit the Westmorland Dales area and provide a great resource for the future. Read more
Now that the team is fully in place and we have an established base at Tebay things are really beginning to happen on the ground. Read more
Is there a tree near your workplace or your home that you could record as an example to inspire people? Read more
A three week archaeological survey completed by volunteers at Great Asby Scar has resulted in 300 potential new sites being identified! Read more
Hannah Kingsbury, our Cultural Heritage Officer has written a blog about the Excavation of sow (lime) kiln at Pendragon Castle for the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority website... well worth a read Read more
The NAA have been keeping a blog of its activities, already identifying and recorded quite a variety of archaeological sites in the survey's opening week. Read more
During the survey volunteers will be trained on how to ‘read the landscape’, identify evidence of past human activity across the Scar, learn how to set up a field survey and the methods used to record sites. Read more
Excavation reveals that lime kiln could date back to building phases of the 14th or 15th century or even the castle’s construction in the late 12th century. Read more
We have recently partnered with The Outdoor Guide (TOG), Cumbria Wildlife Trust and the Northern Viaduct Trust to produce a short film describing the superb wheelchair friendly Smardale Gill Viaduct Walk. Read more
Cumbria Wildlife Trust delivered a scything workshop at Piper Hole Farm in Ravenstonedale earlier this week with the aim of conserving species-rich grasslands within the Westmorland Dales scheme area. Read more