THOUSANDS of people arrived to a South Lakeland town this weekend to celebrate an annual food festival.

The Taste of Cumbria was held at Ulverston, where the visitors had an opportunity to sample the finest offerings of Cumbrian dining.

Nearly 60 food and drink businesses from across the county were selling and sampling their wares, with products ranging from cakes to chutney and meat to cheese.

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The foodies attending were also able to pay a visit to the pop-up restaurant created in the Sir John Barrow monument in collaboration with Wildsmith Hotels at Grasmere.

This is the fourth year that the market town has hosted the festival, which is supported by Ulverston Town Council.

Last year's festival was attended by over 15,000 people.