NEWS AND EVENTS
Claife Parish Council website - News and Events 
Courses:
* Windermere IT Courses starting in June. Click Here
* Need some extra tuition in English and Maths? Want to learn how to cook on a budget? Is English your second language? Then Cumbria Adult Learning can hlp. For more information click here. Kendal learning Centre tel no: 01539 713257 email: kendaladultlearning@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
Activities / Things To Do:
* Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme including many in South Lakes like YMCA Day Camps.
Click here for more information
* Hill Top, National Trust:
My Dear Beatrix...
Dates: 23 June – 31 Dec 2025
Send Beatrix Potter a letter about your connection to her, her stories, and the Lake District that she loved and was inspired by
Where to send it: Beatrix Potter, c/o National Trust Hill Top Near Sawrey, Cumbria, LA22 0LF
Tales in the Orchard
17, 23, 28, 30 July, 5, 14, 20, 28 August, I September, 15:00 - 16:00
Join our storyteller under a tree in the orchard to listen to one or two of Beatrix Potter's tales, with Hill Top as a beautiful backdrop.
Beatrix Potter's Birthday
26 - 28 July, 10:00 - 16:00
Celebrate Beatrix's Potter's birthday in the garden that inspired so many of her illustrations.
* Music for a Summer Evening A Programme of free concerts to be held in the Parish Church Hawkshead on each Tuesday evening throughout June and July 7.30pm
* Summer Reading Challenge launched by Westmorland & Furness Council - commencing 5 July. Click here for information.
* Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council have launched a new website to encourage people to walk, wheel, or cycle for regular journeys instead of driving. Click here
News / Misc. Information:
* Cumbria Police are currently conducting research to help them understand more about Hate Crime and Hate Incidents in Westmorland & Furness. Please complete the survey here.
* Westmorland and Furness residents are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their chance to vote on decisions that affect them. Click here to check or email elections3@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
* Help choose Cumbria's first ever County Flag. Click here to cast your vote. Closing date is 13th July 2025.
* Help shape Nature Recovery in Cumbria - Have your Say -
click here to complete online survey
* Parking services review - Have your say by completing this questionnaire by 18 July 2025
* Report an environmental problem - like flooding or polution click here
* An email address for reporting crime in addition to 999 and 101 numbers. The address is
* Help Westmorland and Furness Council shape the future of your waste and recycling services - complete survey here
* Postal Votes - Council urges voters to submit new postal vote applications: Click here
* Wray Castle Restoration Project. Click here for latest updates
* Road Closures information by area Click here
* United Utilities are completing Ground Investigation works at Near Sawrey . Map of area involved.
* 525 Bus Service Return The 525 Mountain Goat Bus Service: Ferrry Landing/Ash Landing NT car park/Hill Top/Hawkshead/Hill Top/Ash Landing NT car park/Ferry Landing - will operate between April and October 2025. Dates to be confirmed.
* Unitary Councillor Surgeries: Unitary Councillor Suzanne Pender holds monthly surgeries within her Ward. Residents are welcome to go along and raise issues of local concern with Suzanne. Drop In Surgery are held on the morning of the last Friday of the month in Coniston and The Minsrells Gallery, Hawkshead.
* Environment Agency Water Quality Monitoring: The Environment Agency have now installed several sondes to measure water quality around the Windermere catchment. The real-time monitoring results are available on a public site Hydrology Data Explorer - Explore The Environment Agency are monitoring the results and will interrogate any unusual readings. Please note that the Brathay sonde has not yet been deployed.
* Claife Parish Council Grants Policy: The Parish Council considers grant applications from local community organisations. The Policy and Application Form are available to download: Claife PC Grants Policy & Application Form, or alternatively can be requested from the Parish Clerk.
* Lake District National Park - South Lakes Distinctive Area: This includes details about Claife Community Bridlepath
* C5028 High Cunsey Bridge: The weight restriction of 7.5 tonnes continues to be in place at High Cunsey Bridge until engineering works take place at a future date.