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For over 50 years Cumbria has been bringing a breath of the fells and valleys to devotees all over the world. Each month the magazine introduces readers to the characters who shape this beautiful corner of England. Every issue boasts a combination of stunning photography and informative articles about the people, history, countryside and traditions that give the Lake District its unique flavour.

Over 13,000 copies of Cumbria are sold every month and it is estimated that every copy bought is read by at least five people.

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this month

Window to one hundred years of Lakes life
One-hundred-year-old Lilian Fletcher talks to Tony Greenbank about her memories and the changes she has witnessed in her beloved Cumbria

Distracted by the view
Ann Lingard urges us to look down at the ground as well as around us when exploring the landscape

Cumbria’s iron mad innovator
Andy Wood looks at the life and legacy of one of the Industrial Revolution’s dominant figures

Saving High Brown hot spot
Butterfly Conservation are on a mission near Morecambe Bay, says Andrew Gallon

Putting Lakes in the picture
Steve Goodier finds out more about a famous family of mountaineering photographers

A naturalised approach
Andrew Gallon meets an artist who moved her family up north for a taste of the good life

Shooting the snow
A selection of John Morrison’s stunning winter photographs

In the steps of the fairies
Lynne Woods enjoys a day out in Beetham

Fit for the fells
Tony Greenbank finds out what is involved in being a personal trainer in the Lake District

Line of light from coast to coast
Hadrian’s Wall in the spotlight

Big safari in ‘lion’ country
Bill Birkett sets off on the greater traverse

It’s tree o’clock
Brian Cawley takes part in a very green record attempt

Walking 1: Blake Fell
Mary Welsh takes in the sites around Lamplugh

Walking 2: Wetherlam
Kevin Hopkinson explores the rocky landscape near Tilberthwaite that has a rich industrial past

 

   

 

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