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Opening hours for Easter weekend

Westmorland and Furness Council will continue to provide key services over the Easter period but some of its offices will be closed on Good Friday (18 April) and Easter Monday (21 April) 2025.

9 April 2025

Projects improving residents' lives to receive further Shared Prosperity funding

UK Shared Prosperity Fund support for projects improving the lives of residents in Westmorland and Furness is to be extended for a further year.

25 April 2025

Pumping up the fun with pop-up tracks across Westmorland and Furness

Council hosting three free pop-up pump tracks across Westmorland and Furness this May.

24 April 2025

An electric vehicle charging outside Barrow Town Hall

Council charging ahead with next phase of Electric Vehicle Strategy

Council approves Part Two of new Electric Vehicle Strategy which aims to expand EV charging facilities across the area.

24 April 2025

The Marina Village site with BAE and Walney in the background,

Guidance for developers agreed for Marina Village

The goal of making Barrow's Marina Village site a unique and sustainable residential neighbourhood in the heart of the town has moved closer.

24 April 2025

Members of the Roxy Collective standing outside the Roxy.

£500,000 grant confirmed for Roxy building in Ulverston

A grant of £500,000 for major improvements has been approved by Borderlands Place Board and Investment Panel for the Roxy Collective in Ulverston.

23 April 2025

Take back event to give daily living aids a new home

Council calls for return of unused daily living aids to prevent them going to waste and so they can be reused to help others in need.

17 April 2025

Children sitting on a wall in school uniform

Almost 98% of Westmorland and Furness children secure place at first choice primary school

97.9 per cent of Westmorland and Furness resident pupils have been offered their first-choice Primary school for this September, figures released today confirm.

16 April 2025

A Multiply maths class in Kendal library

Celebrating 3 years of Multiply success in Cumbria

Some of the beneficiaries of a £2.3M project to help Cumbrians with numeracy gathered in Penrith to celebrate the end of the Multiply Programme in the county.

11 April 2025

Council submits devolution consultation response

Westmorland and Furness Council has submitted its response to the Government’s devolution consultation.

11 April 2025

Call for young volunteers to support Summer Reading Challenge

Council calls for young volunteers to help with this year's Summer Reading Challenge in its libraries.

11 April 2025

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