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Why not let Glaramara take you on a visit to Hodge Close Slate Quarry and the Cathedral Caverns at Little Langdale. Exploring these amazing quarries usually includes a memorable abseil. The Hodge Close area was worked on a large scale from the 19th century to the early 1960s. Access to the base of the main quarry is gained [...]

Joan Newton of Briar Rigg, Keswick spent a few days with us over the Easter period celebrating her 95th Birthday with family members. Born during the First World War in South East London she was raised in the area and following medical training,  qualified as a Doctor at University College London. After marrying her husband, [...]

The Centre has recently gained a 5 Star rating from Allerdale Borough Council in the national “scores on the doors” hygiene ratings for food businesses. Head Chef Gareth Speight said ‘we are delighted to have our high standards recognised. We have recently undergone a major refurbishment of our kitchen and have put a lot time [...]

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 [...]

24 local businesses turned out for the You, Your Guests and the Environment workshop on 19 March. The event last Friday was organised by NLAP (Northern Lakes Accommodation Providers) , ‘Love your Lakes’ a Bassenthwaite Reflections project, and Keswick Tourism Association, and informed businesses on how to reduce their impact on the environment, save money [...]

Delegates from 10 countries attended a European Youth in Action seminar at Glaramara in February.  Youth leaders from Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Malta, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Macedonia and the UK met to plan youth exchange programmes during 2010.   Glaramara hosted the pevent in conjunction with Go Away and Learn (GOAL), a Yorkshire based Charity -http://www.goawayandlearn.org.uk/.  The format [...]

Glaramara is able to offer groups the opportunity to participate in residential outdoor activity programmes by operating from its near neighbour, Barrow House.

A group of walkers including representatives of the YHA and the T0urism and Conservation Partnership (TCP) were treated to a ‘walk and talk’ by Richard Fox of the Lake District National Park.