Beach safety warning issued by RNLI

1:42pm Monday 21st July 2008

As the school holidays start, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is asking people to take a few simple steps to make sure they and their families stay safe at the beach this summer.

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Fancy a stroll in a garden?

9:03am Tuesday 15th July 2008

The chance to spend a summer's day enjoying one of the North West's finest gardens is on offer this month when the National Trust opens the gardens at SIzergh Castle to help raise funds for the National Gardens Scheme and to promote its Careership Gardening Scheme.

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Maize maze offers singles nights

2:16pm Wednesday 9th July 2008

Lakeland Maize maze, which opens this weekend with the new design theme of llamas, is hosting its first series of singles nights this summer.

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Popular Lakes path gets a makeover

2:41pm Friday 4th July 2008

ONE of the Lake District’s most popular paths has undergone a major makeover as part of a project to safeguard high-level routes for future generations, reports Paul Duncan.

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New route opens

9:20am Friday 20th June 2008

Tarn Hows is now reconnected with the home of its creator. In 1835 the Monk Coniston estate was sold by the Knott family to James Garth Marshall and he was responsible for the creation of Tarn Hows. After his fortune declined, the house and gardens were sold to a Mr J.P. Bradshaw, in 1926. The rest of the estate, including all farmland and Tarn Hows, was purchased in 1930 by Beatrix Potter. She sold half of this at cost price to the National Trust (NT), which bought the land with a large donation by Sir Samuel Scott of Windermere. The remainder was passed to the NT after Beatrix’s death in 1943. In 1945 the NT purchased the hall and gardens, re-uniting the estate once more. Since then, Monk Coniston Hall has been leased by the NT to HF Holidays, and the hall and grounds have been closed to the general public. The hall remains private, but part of the original Victorian path, from Coniston Water to Tarn Hows, has been reopened by the NT whose staff, with the help of many volunteers, have worked hard clearing the grounds and vegetation. All this work has been supported by a £450,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant and £20,000 of Lake Distict Sustainability Fund grants. Walkers can access the start of this new route from the car park at the head of Coniston Water, grid ref 316978, reached by taking the A593 from Ambleside south to Coniston, or by taking the Steam Yacht Gondola to Monk Coniston Jetty.

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Sir Alan Sugar: I got landing wrong

Updated 5:45pm Sunday 12th October 2008

He is used to making all the big decisions, but Sir Alan Sugar has admitted a wrong call when he crash-landed his plane.

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