Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership

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

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The Westmorland Dales Scheme

  • About the Scheme

    Our vision is to unlock and reveal the hidden heritage of the Westmorland Dales, enabling more people to connect with, enjoy and benefit from this inspirational landscape. Read more

  • Discover the Westmorland Dales

    Please feel free to download and use our illustrated map of the Westmorland Dales. The map and illustration were produced by Beth Cook. © Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership. Crown copyright and database rights 2021 Ordnance Survey 100023740 Read more

  • Scheme Resources

    Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnerships Scheme News, Resources for schools, Films, Poetry and Recordings available to view and download Read more

Scheme News

  • Pies, Peas & Pudding Night

    A wonderful social evening for Fell Pony Breeders young and old at Tebay Club with friends and all of you that are passionate about the Cumbrian Fell Pony. Read more

  • Delve into the Westmorland Dales Landscape

    The Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership Scheme has developed a range of free resource and guides that it is now offering to local tourism businesses, residents and visitors to the Westmorland Dales. Read more

  • 'Love Your Landscape' Grants

    One of the ways we achieved this was by running a small grants scheme from 2020 - 2023 called 'Love Your Landscape'. It has enabled local communities and organisations to deliver their own projects to help us meet these aims. Read more

  • The Sights and Sounds of the Singing Drumlin

    Filmmaker Jon Chappel captures the sites and sounds of an Aeolian sound installation sited atop an ancient ‘drumlin’ at Bowber Head Nature Reserve in Ravenstonedale in a short film released this week. Read more

Scheme Projects

  • Connecting Heritage Projects

    A small grants scheme, an apprenticeship scheme, infrastructure improvements, tourism partnerships, interpretation and a celebration of the Westmorland Dales Read more

  • Cultural Heritage Projects

    Rich Archaeological Heritage: Four projects will focus on engaging people in a major archaeology survey, community excavations within a village, a project associated with Gamelands Stone Circle and another focussed on scheduled monuments at risk; Pendragon Castle Read more

  • Natural Heritage Projects

    The natural heritage projects focus on three key areas: Geological Foundations, A Wealth of Wildlife and Pastoral Farming Read more