The people of Ulverston are all set to welcome the Tour of Britain 2018 with dozens of specially decorated bike wheels displayed around the town. At the first ‘Wheely Amazing Workshop’ held at Ulverston Leisure Centre, children and adults were creating designs ranging for space to super-colourful flowers. The sessions were supported by JoAnne Speight […]

The OVO Energy Tour of Britain cycling race comes to Ulverston’s cobbled streets on Friday 7th September 2018. Stage Six, Barrow-in-Furness to Whinlatter in the Lake District, which passes through Ulverston, is the second Cumbrian stage of the race, following the previous day’s Cockermouth to Whinlatter team time trial. The stage covers a distance of […]

LoyalFree, digital shopping app for towns and cities, has officially launched in Ulverston, funded by the Business Improvement District (BID). Over 40 local businesses have signed up to the app so far, offering deals and promotions to loyal customers. LoyalFree, a multi award winning phone app, offers an innovative digital loyalty scheme which helps businesses […]

St Mary’s Walk to Remember returns on Friday 6th July this year for its twelfth year. The ten mile sponsored walk, which is open to everyone aged 8 and up, starts at Ulverston Leisure Centre at 8pm and finishes at Furness Academy, Barrow. Last year’s walk generated a record breaking £57,500, ensuring the charity could […]

More than 200 flags were erected in Ulverston early on Saturday morning by a team of volunteers for this year's Flag Fortnight. Peter Winston, who organises the Flag Fortnight each year explains: “The Flag Festival is designed to bring a riot of colour to the streets of Ulverston and very much signals the start of the […]

In-Cumbria Magazine have produced a nine page feature article on Ulverston for this month's edition. Under the section titled District Focus Ulverston, the article discusses business prospects for the town on both the local and global stage. Article features include: A chat with local shops and businesses A discussion about increasing footfall in the town […]

The Ulverston Lantern Festival is set to formally confirm its return to Ford Park for 2018 at the Festival’s annual general meeting, which will be held in the upstairs function room at Rioja on New Market Street on Tuesday 27th March - starting at 7.00pm. The 2018 Festival will take place on Saturday, 15th September with the theme ‘Under […]

Stars from the up and coming panto production Jack and the Beanstalk at the Coronation Hall got in on the act as decorators continued with the facelift for the entrance foyer and staircases at the hall. The panto team took a turn treading the boards of the scaffolding erected to reach the hall’s high ceilings, […]

This month we've been showcasing 12 products from shops in Ulverston in the run up to Christmas. They are all available to buy in our wonderful town. We hope you like our choices. No.1 - Beautiful place settings from Squirrel - a store of buried treasure. Squirrel is full to the brim with gifts, decorations, cards […]

Sir John Barrow Monument on Hoad hill was filled with "soul tingling seasonal songs" on Sunday when the annual 'Yule Sing Hoad’ was held in the iconic landmark. Following a successful launch last year, community musician Kirsten Taylor hosted the second Yule Sing Hoad event on Sunday. The event attracted over thirty singing enthusiasts, who, braving […]

A bespoke framing business and gift shop has recently opened on King Street in Ulverston. The business relocated to the town after two years’ successfully trading in Dalton. TPFramework offers a high quality, local, bespoke framing service and an array of gifts and crafts in the shop. The shop’s owner Terry Powley embarked on a […]

Thank you for all the entries into the Choose Ulverston - Ulverston in Autumn Photo Competition. We have had a lot of great entries which made it hard to pick a winner. I've picked one and added a few of my personal favourites too. Thank you to Bici Cafe for sponsoring the competition as well. […]

Calling all Ulverston amateur photographers! We've launched a photo competition on the theme of Ulverston in autumn. We are looking for your autumn photos of the town, shots that capture the beauty of Ulverston at this time of year.  Subjects can include the town, the countryside, landscape, wildlife and nature, just so long as they […]

Candlelit Walk, Ulverston’s family fun Halloween event, will take place at Ford Park this year. The event, which will be taking place on 31st October, will be at Ford Park along the nature trail with hundreds of candles lighting the way. ‘Music, Stories, Fire and Dancing Lights’ will be just some of the spooky delights […]

Ulverston in Bloom's hard working volunteers have brought back a bunch of awards from this year’s Cumbria in Bloom competition. Ulverston won a Gold Award, Best Sustainable Development Town, The South Lakeland Trophy, The Best Town Trophy and the Best Overall Town and Urban Community Trophy, all thanks to the efforts of local volunteers and […]

Ulverston Lantern Festival will be taking place in the centre of the town this year. Ford Park, which usually hosts much of the festival's activities, will instead only offer car parking facilities for the event. Fireworks will instead be staged close to Ulverston town centre and will be visible from Market Cross, The Gill and […]

Ulverston has made culinary headlines recently. The town’s Shed 1 Distillery has received a 2-star Great Taste Award for its gin, Cuckold’s Revenge, becoming one of the Great Taste winners of 2017. The recently opened Bici Café has also been the feature of a TV documentary Starting Up Starting Over, which follows the successful opening of […]

Join us at Appleseeds to celebrate 21 years in business! When: 21st - 26th August - Monday - Saturday Where: Appleseeds Health Store, Ulverston Tastings, offers, raffle, tombola, freebies, cake, drinks and special promotions! We look forward to seeing you instore! Checkout our Facebook page for further updates. Address: 59-61 Market Street, Ulverston LA12 7LT appleseedsulverston.co.uk […]

If you're looking for great photographic locations in Ulverston and the surrounding area, local photographer, Adam Kappa, offers some insider knowledge on 5 of the best places for photography in the town. Hoad Hill I frequently visit Hoad Hill to take photographs. From there you get a mixture of views over Ulverston, towards the Lake […]

Lantern making kits are now available from shops in Ulverston for this year’s festival, including from Appleseeds, Costa Coffee, Laurel and Hardy Museum, The Book Shack in the Market Hall, Coronation Hall and 14 Moor Garth in Swarthmoor. This year’s festival takes place on Saturday 16th September and the theme is Outer Space. The event […]

The Environment Agency (EA) are currently working in earnest to develop a business case to seek funding to significantly improve the level of protection to the south Ulverston area. This is substantially more complex than the Town Beck scheme due to the multiple, interconnected flooding mechanisms including Dragley Beck, the canal, tidal, and surface water […]

The Environment Agency (EA), working in partnership with Cumbria County Council, SLDC, and Network Rail, are currently constructing the Town Beck Flood Alleviation Scheme, with completion due for November 2017. The flooding in this location is primarily from the overtopping of Town Beck plus surface water flooding. The work has been carried out in close […]

Summer sunshine brought thousands of people out onto the streets to enjoy the 2017 Ulverston Carnival. Up to 8,000 people packed the pavements to see the huge parade and then moved on up to Ford Park for the culmination of the festivities. In fact the town was so busy that by lunchtime most of the […]

On a sunny Sunday afternoon people are enjoying tea and cakes on the lawn of the Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre, walking through the grounds or having a quiet moment in the World Peace Temple and its walled precinct. The scene might not have been so different in essence hundreds of years ago, when this was […]

Another Fine Fest have announced a line-up of Edinburgh Fringe Preview shows this weekend in Ulverston. Check out the line-up below. Saturday 17th June 12.00 - 13.00 - Adam Rowe - Unbearable Does wanting to care, even if you don’t really, make you a good person? Adam Rowe thinks so, but then again he would; […]

The 2017 Taste Cumbria Food Festival in Ulverston launched with an ultra-exclusive event which literally took fine dining to new heights in a ‘pop-up’ restaurant created in the Sir John Barrow monument on the top of Hoad Hill. The event was organised in conjunction with Wildsmith Hotels in Cumbria which brought a team of Michelin-starred […]

Ulverston’s indoor market may be small, but here you can find most of life’s necessities and quite a few of its luxuries, while the different stalls offer a surprising variety of services. On a quick walk through you can pick up basics like bread, cakes and pies at Grange Bakery; fruit, vegetables, herbs and maybe […]

Spring is well and truly here! Flowers are blooming, blossom's on the trees and birds are busy building their nests. This is a great time to get outdoors and explore, and Ulverston and the surrounding countryside has so much to offer. View our Ulverston Walks page for a selection of guided video walks that take in the glorious South Lakeland […]

Becca Fairclough, 29, from Ulverston raised over £1000 for Parkinson’s UK by hosting a Party for Parkinson’s on Friday 28th April 2017. Becca has been fundraising for Parkinson’s UK since her dad's diagnosis with the condition on Christmas Eve 2014. The event was held at Ulverston Sports Club and attracted around 100 people. Music was […]

Contrary to the imaginings of a visitor last week, the flags have not been put up in Ulverston to celebrate the forthcoming general election. Like so many other cultural happenings designed to encourage visitors and showcase the town’s creativity, Flag Fortnight was the brainchild of Welfare State International’s directors, who were inspired by flag artist […]

Ulverston’s iconic Sir John Barrow monument at the top of Hoad Hill reopens on Good Friday after its regular winter closed season, to once again offer some of Cumbria’s most spectacular views. There are breath-taking vistas literally everywhere you turn at the top of the monument, north to the National Park, South across Morecambe Bay, […]

As an Ulverstonian I had an idyllic childhood. The kind of childhood I believe most kids in this country would be envious of. We had freedom, space, rolling green fields, the beach, the canal and a great big lighthouse on a hill. In all honesty Ulverston’s a perfectly inspiring setting for the imagination. It’s a […]

Ulverston BID is backing a bid by the town’s gardening volunteers to dig deep and win honours in the Cumbria in Bloom competition, while at the same time brightening up our streets. Members of Ulverston in Bloom know they face a tough challenge to take a top spot in the hard-fought contest and they are […]

Why the Coro Needs Volunteers The Coronation Hall has recently become a charity organisation. Since the management of this great Ulverston community asset has been handed over from South Lakeland District Council to Ulverston Community Enterprises, we have begun making changes to ensure that the Coro will stay open to be enjoyed by the people […]