Just four miles north of Kirkby Lonsdale, a ten minute drive will bring you to Barbon, an idyllic village. Whilst still in Cumbria, Barbon is technically part of the Yorkshire Dales. Barbon Beck is a tributary river to the Lune, and runs close to the village of Barbon, with lovely walks running along it. Near the footbridge, there are large Read more...

Take cobbled streets, a tumbling river with a series of small waterfalls, traditional afternoon teas or locally brewed beer, add whitewashed cottages and a spectacular backdrop of fellsides – and you have the delightful village of Dent. Lying south east of Sedbergh, about a half-hour drive from Kirkby Lonsdale, the village is set in the beautiful and secluded valley of Read more...

The small market town of Sedbergh (pronounced Sedberr) has moved administratively over the years. It was at one time part of The West Riding of Yorkshire. Then it was drawn into Cumbria where it is today, but it lies in the Westmorland and Lonsdale Parliamentary constituency, and is also within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. No wonder the town pops Read more...

Whittington is a small village to the south of Kirkby Lonsdale. You can walk to it from Kirkby Lonsdale and then go on to explore Hutton Roof and Farleton Fell; a beautiful limestone wilderness. The village is the birth place of William Sturgeon who invented the electro magnetic motor.  He was born in the village in 1783. Read more...

With a history going back around a thousand years (the Domesday Book of 1084 has a mention), Ingleton has a mining and textiles background. There are also links to famous authors Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Michael Moorcock, both of whom lived locally and wrote fiction set in the town. Set in the Yorkshire Dales, just a 15 minute drive Read more...