Westmorland and Furness Council News

Westmorland and Furness Council will continue to provide key services over the Christmas and New Year Bank Holidays but some of its offices will be closed on 25 and 26 December 2025 and 1 January 2026. Limited offices will be open on 29, 30 and 31 December.

Huntley Avenue Home Rated Outstanding across all areas, and Hart Street, rated as Good by Ofsted.

Residents invited to take part in series of community conversations to help shape Council's Climate Adaptation Strategy.

A contractor has been appointed and a 13-week programme of work agreed for work to reopen Ormsgill Lane in Barrow.

Cllr Jonathan Brook, the Leader of Westmorland and Furness Council, today welcomed confirmation from government of funding investment for the new Cumbria Combined Authority (CCA).

Cumbria is celebrating a major milestone: 80 per cent of properties now have access to gigabit-capable broadband.

Westmorland and Furness Council is inviting armed forces veterans from across the area to join Chairman, Cllr Doug Rathbone, for a festive get-together.

Cumbria will take its place at a new landmark investment summit showcasing the North of England on the global stage.

Westmorland and Furness Council, working with Lonsdale Buses, has introduced three new services from Monday.

Specialist technical consultants have been appointed to determine the best way to repair a significant landslip that has closed part of the A592 at High Kingate.