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(Last update -
April 17, 2018
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Welcome to the Parish of
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Wha's Wha.Click here for an index of popular pages
Links to other sitesArtisan-food in CumbriaCrosthwaite SchoolCrosthwaite PlaygroupBrigsteer Village HallWitherslack VillageThe Natland web siteThe Westmorland Damson AssociationThe Lake District National Park AuthorityCumbria DirectoryRural wheelsVillage maps courtesy of Colin DayOxenholme - Past & Present
Where
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The Damson ValleyThe Parish of Crosthwaite and Lyth lies 5 miles west of Kendal, 5 miles north of Grange-over-Sands and 3 miles south of Bowness-on-Windermere. The M6 motorway is 5 miles from the parish. Manchester Airport is 82 miles to the south. Crosthwaite derives its name from the old Scandinavian word, "thwaite", meaning a clearing in a forest or a piece of land, which has been enclosed. This was blended with "Cross", which may reflect the earlier Christian connections with the Irish or Angle missionaries of the sixth or seventh century. The Norsemen also gave the Lyth Valley its name; "hlith" means sloping hillside. News and Events(click on the underlined text to go to the article, website or e-mail address)** Crosthwaite Post Offices Opening TimesPunch Bowl Inn, CrosthwaiteMondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.30am to 12.30amHare and Hounds at Bowland BridgeTuesdays and Thursdays 1.30pm to 4.00pm** |
Cumbria Community Messaging (CCM) is managed by the Cumbria Neighbourhood Watch Association (CNWA). It offers People and Communities across Cumbria the means to receive information from Agencies in the County tailored to their particular preferences for content, priority and means of communication. It is a web based system and registration is quick, simple and completely free. There are no contracts, costs or obligations of any kind.
Cumbria messaging service is a two way communication system designed to put you in touch with the people and services in Cumbria.
Click on https://www.cumbriacommunitymessaging.co.uk/ and sign up.
Click HERE to go to the Exchange web page.
Click HERE to view a video that Cumbria Action made at the Exchange.
Carolyn Ashcroft Dip CFHP, MPS Pract.
Foot Health Practitioner
Argles Memorial Hall - some Wednesdays at the Exchange by appointment.
Tel; 01539 739259
Mobile: 07470 97647
Click HERE to see what Action with Communities in Cumbria (ACT) (formerley Voluntary Action Cumbria (VAC)) think about our Exchange in their publication - "The Exchange at Crosthwaite - A Guide to Establishing an Exchange in your area.
Pictures and up to date information on the Exchange can be found at http://www.cumbriaaction.org.uk/resources/toolkits; you will see that Exchanges are County wide now!!
The Lyth Valley First Responders Group is now very much in being. 34 people from the 5 villages involved (Brigsteer, Crook, Crosthwaite, Underbarrow & Witherslack) are now in training supervised by the North West Ambulance Service and the intention is to become operational during May this year.
We still need further volunteers to be trained as Responders and to help with fund raising.
Please contact the Secretary: John Holmes. 015395 68599, 07876 560053 or
Roll out of fibre broadband is now in full swing across Cumbria and has arrived in Crosthwaite, Grigghall and surrounding the area.
The Connecting Cumbria project to build a fibre network around the county is ahead of schedule. The multi-million pound project will run until 2018 and more than 128,000 business and home premises can now benefit from the superfast technology since the first connections were made in October 2013. Including commercial rollout, over 90% of premises in Cumbria now have access to fibre broadband. Nearly 500 homes and businesses around Crosthwaite can upgrade to Ultrafast broadband (up to 300mbs), with more to come in 2017.
Using the internet delivers great benefits to everyone; getting better deals, saving money, gaining new skills and qualifications, finding a better job, more support at home, keeping in touch with family and friends as well as access to new services and support from GP’s, the NHS, local and national government.
The financial benefits of using the internet can range from around £1000 per year for a new user to £3500 for an advanced user who is able to access the best deals and offers online or learn a whole new skill via a free online course. That’s worth around £500k per year (every year) to people in the area.
For business, superfast delivers access to new technology and solutions that can help a business reduce costs, deliver better service and help to differentiate your business as well as offering new revenues and opportunities. For hotels, B&B’s and holiday lets there are new services that your customers now expect.
Find out more at http://www.connectingcumbria.org.uk or watch out for posters and cards with details of the workshop
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