Not just one Julia Bradbury, but 8 paid a visit to Glaramara last Sunday! The walking group from the Blackburn area enjoyed refreshments at the Centre in the company of a representative of Keswick Tourism Association, before embarking upon a local Wainwright walk. The JB lookalikes (wigs, T-shirts and all) climbed the eponymous, Glaramara, where they [...]
In partnership with Honister Slate Mine, this weekend involves visits to both the Plumbago wad mine at Seathwaite and the Slate Mine at Honister as well as presentations from local experts combined with guided walks.
We are pleased to say that we were among the Excellence award winners when the county’s best environmentally-savvy businesses were honoured on Tuesday night at the 2010 Cumbria Business Environment Network Awards, held at the Castle Green Hotel, Kendal. The awards, sponsored by the Environment Agency and Resource Cumbria, reward 230 leading businesses that are benefitting [...]
Force Crag Mine is situated at the top end of the Coledale Valley, close to Keswick, but can seem ‘a million miles away’. Whilst being abandoned in 1991, it has had a long and interesting history since 1835 and has only recently been accessible. Restoration of (non-working) machinery and buildings by the National Trust [...]
We now have a separate Facility to cater for our increase in custom. This has been purpose built within the grounds of Glaramara and provides modern, customer friendly facilities for both residential and day programmes. The building is wi-fi enabled and the first floor is suitable for teaching and training as well as providing a venue, with [...]
Wine, Food and Guided Walk Weekend – 2010 Come and enjoy an extended fun, entertaining and enjoyable weekend of Wine and Food Appreciation with a professional experienced wine educator. The weekend will be aimed at those with a limited appreciation of wine or to complete novices and will also feature winter walking under the supervision of our Outdoor Instructors
