Sense of Place Areas
The ‘Sense of Place' project covers 52 geographical areas of Cumbria.
(Please note - some area pages are still under development and new content is still being added to other area pages but keep checking the links for the latest information - it's coming soon).
- Alston area
- Ambleside area
- Appleby and the mid Eden Valley
- Aspatria area
- Barrow (including Walney Island)
- Bassenthwaite
- Bewcastle area
- Borrowdale (including Derwentwater, Newlands Valley, Watendlath)
- Brampton and Hadrian's Wall (including Geltsdale and Gilsland)
- Broughton-in-Furness and the Duddon Valley
- Buttermere, Crummock Water and Loweswater
- Caldbeck and Hesket Newmarket
- Carlisle
- Cockermouth
- Coniston (including Tarn Hows, Tilberthwaite and Torver)
- Dalston and the Caldew and Petterill valleys - coming soon
- Dalton-in-Furness (including Lindal-in-Furness)
- Egremont and West Coast from St Bees to Seascale
- Ennerdale (including Cleator Moor)
- Eskdale and Ravenglass
- Grange and the Cartmel Peninsula
- Grasmere (including Rydal)
- Greenodd and Rusland Valley
- Hawkshead and Grizedale
- Kendal area
- Keswick area
- Kirkby Lonsdale area
- Kirkby Stephen and the upper Eden valley
- Langdale Valleys
- Lazonby and the lower Eden valley - coming soon
- Longtown area
- Lorton and Whinlatter
- Lyth and Winster Valleys
- Maryport area
- Melmerby and the East Fellside - coming soon
- Millom and Black Combe
- Milnthorpe and Arnside (including Beetham, Holme and Burton-in-Kendal)
- Penrith area
- Orton, Tebay and the upper Lune Valley - coming soon
- Sedbergh and Dentdale
- Shap and the Lowther valley
- Silloth and the Solway Plain
- Skelton and the Forest of Inglewood Forest - coming soon
- Staveley and Kentmere (including Longsleddale)
- Threlkeld and Thirlmere (including St John's in the Vale)
- Ullswater area
- Ulverston area (including Kirkby-in-Furness)
- Wasdale and Gosforth
- Whitehaven area
- Wigton area
- Windermere and Bowness
- Workington area
Each area can also be accessed through an interactive map on golakes.co.uk where an eye-opening pool of information on history, heritage, culture and the natural environment is available at your fingertips on an area-by-area basis.




