News

• Marmalade Awards launches for 2024 with the total raised from the 2023 Awards for Hospice Charities at £18,285 so far
• First Westmorland and Furness Tourism Summit focuses on ‘Strengthening Partnerships for a more Sustainable Future'
• Penrith chippy nominated for Fish and Chip Takeaway of the Year
• £2 bus fare scheme to be extended
• 1863 at Pooley Bridge restaurant achieves third AA Rosette
• Dan and Helen's Pennine adventure
• River Eden features in latest Lloyds Bank TV advert
• Penrith restaurant named in The Good Food Guide’s top 100
• The new Ullswater Bus service
• Cumbria Tourism Awards winners announced
• A first for Cumbria - Immersive light box exhibition arrives in the Rheged Gallery
• New viewing platform opens at Aira Force
• Cumbrian winners at the 2023 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence
• Restoration of Smardale Gill Viaduct 2023
• Cumbria leads the way with seven finalists in prestigious national awards
• Everyone needs to be adventure smart before heading out to enjoy the Lake District - New AdventureSmart videos launched
• Launch of The Eamont way linking Penrith to Pooley Bridge
• Cumbria Tourism to gain significant national status from VisitEngland
• Penrith Market celebrates 800th anniversary
• Penrith named as one of the best places to live in the North West
• John Dunning receives Inspiring Eden award
• Cumbria Food Awards 2023 winners announced
• Eden Business to Business event held at Rheged hailed a success
• Nicola Elliott recognised for outstanding contribution to Appleby with Inspiring Eden award
• Last chance to book: EDC and Rheged partner to deliver free business event
• A host of great performances and events at Penrith Town Hall this spring
• Thousands of lives to be improved with new Changing Places funding for Eden
• The 2023 Eden visitor guide is now available
• Marmalade Makers and a Red Hatted Bear Reunite for the 18th Dalemain World Marmalade Awards
• Transformative makeover for Penrith Leisure Centre’s gym
• Eden District Council car parks free on weekends before Christmas
• Inspiring Eden Award presented to eminent tourism leader Jim Walker
• The Marmalade Awards raise over £28,000 for Hospices around the World in 2022
• Eden District Council submits bid for Changing Places funding
• Sustainability and innovation on the agenda at Eden Tourism Summit
• A river runs through it: blue spaces dominate latest 15.6m funding for nature projects
• Two-year project results in car park to help protect Long Meg and her Daughters
• Sustainability and Innovation – key issues for Eden’s flagship Tourism Summit
• Cumbria Tourism Awards 2022 – Winners Announced
• Ullswater holiday park named best glamping site in UK
• Eden District Council sponsors the 2022 Penrith Agricultural Show
• Trailblazing businesses revealed in Cumbria Tourism Awards shortlist
• A new chapter unfolds as Ullswater's newest author helps launch Ullswater's newest bookshop
• Shakespeare's Globe tours to Penrith and Kirkby Stephen this June
• The 2022 Eden visitor guide is now available
• Alan Hinkes OBE backs 14 Peaks for 14 Arches challenge
• New film launched: Get Outside in the Westmorland Dales
• New promotional video for Penrith
• The 2021 Eden Tourism Summit takes place virtually
• Eden Viaducts launches a new event to help raise funds to #SaveSmardaleGillViaduct
• Eden Tourism Summit 2021 - Tourism in Eden: Adapting to the new ‘normal' and capitalising on new opportunities going forward
• The Tour of Britain comes to Eden this September!
• The 2021 Eden visitor guide is now available
• New Exhibition at Penrith and Eden Museum: David Boyd: A Time to Share
• Habitat Trail for Penrith
• ‘Modern-day monk' unveils five-year labour of love and companion to Wainwright's Guides
• Eden District Council to launch cashless parking payment system
• Tree Dressing at Penrith and Eden Museum
• Beavers finally return to Cumbria after 400 year absence
• Pooley Bridge - The UK's first stainless steel bridge is now open!
• The 2020 Eden Tourism Summit takes place virtually
• Penrith named 'station of the year' at national awards
• Appleby-in-Westmorland is named official Honorary Quidditch Town
• Eden Tourism Summit 2020: ‘Rethinking Tourism in a Changing Environment’
• Eden District Council shows its support and recognition of the Eden Visitor Economy
• Lady Anne Clifford statue unveiled
• Pooley 'New' Bridge - The Final Countdown!
• Eden Viaducts unveils new interpretation panels at Stenkrith-Hartley Viaduct walk
• Penrith and Eden Museum recalls the life of Percy Toplis ‘The Monocled Mutineer’ on the centenary of his shooting at Plumpton (June 6th 1920)
• 350th anniversary of Robinson’s School building, home to Penrith and Eden Museum
• Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Treasures at Penrith and Eden Museum
• Penrith and Eden Museum awarded Heritage Lottery Funding for their Remembering Eden Project
• Fellfoot Forward Scheme receives National Lottery Heritage Funding
• The first section of the new Pooley Bridge has now been delivered on site!
• Eden Valley to see re-introduction of Beavers
• Langwathby Information Kiosk
• The 2020 Eden visitor guide is now available!
• Penrith and Eden Museum has added a picture to its art collection
• New Ale commemorates new Pooley Bridge, Cumbria
• Lonely Planet Ambassador praises Cumbria’s car-free transport offering
• Be part of Pooley 'New' Bridge for posterity!
• Tourism Summit addresses future challenges and sustainability opportunities to the visitor economy in Eden
• Eden Tourism Summit comes at crucial time
• Eden sees the biggest rise in tourism value for Cumbria in 2018
• Eden winners at the 2019 Cumbria Tourism Awards
• Plans for Pooley Bridge reach another milestone
• Tour of Britain returns to Cumbria for Stage Four
• New Promotional video for Ullswater and surrounding areas
• Eden sets sails for launch of English Tourism Week
• North Lakes China Forum launched
• Eden named as one of the top 5 places to live in the UK
• Nine Standards Rigg shortlisted as one of Britain's best landmarks
• Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership scheme awarded a National Lottery grant of £2.27 million
• The 2019 Eden visitor guide is now available
• Tobacco jar dated 1897 given to Penrith and Eden Museum
• Brand new Visit Eden promotional video
• Summit addresses future challenges and opportunities for Eden’s visitor economy
• Tourism Summit to debate Brexit challenges and opportunities from Chinese visitor market
• Orton to celebrate its 200th Farmers’ Market in September
• More treasure for Penrith and Eden Museum
• History comes to life at the launch of the Eden heritage Trails
• The Dalemain Loop Opens: the official extension to the Ullswater Way
• The value of Eden’s Tourism Economy rises to £336.6m
• Eden’s new Refill scheme is up and running!
• Updates from the Eden Tourism Team – we don’t want to lose touch!
• Eden welcomes a very special royal visitor
• Museum’s Art Council Accreditation Status renewed
• Trainee Search dog “Kaiya” helps celebrate walking in Eden for English Tourism Week
• Step out to discover some of Eden’s amazing walks during English Tourism Week
• Penrith and Eden Museum wins National Lottery support to launch ‘Landmarks of Eden’ project
• The 2018 Eden visitor guide is now available