Events calendar

Working Sheepdog demonstrations

7 May - 24 September 2026

Learn how sheepdogs are trained from youngsters to fully trained dogs. See the dogs run the sheep around a typical trial course. The demonstration will finish with two dogs working as a brace team. Demonstrations will be held every Thursday throughout May, June, July, August & September at 6pm regardless of the weather and will last approximately 1 hour.

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Understanding Ullswater Talks

4 June 2026

‘Cumbria’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) – future challenges ’ with Councillor Giles Archibald and Steve Trotter, CEO Cumberland Wildlife Trust. Parkin memorial hall, Thursday 4 June at 7.30pm.

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The Lake District Book Festival 2026

12 June - 14 June 2026

Bringing the World to the Lakes & the Lakes to the World...The Lake District Book Festival will feature big names and less big names, historians, journalists, thinkers and writers of all voices.

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Game, Set, Match

29 June - 12 July 2026

Ace your summer with our lakeside celebration of tennis. Stay at The Lake between 29 June-12 July and experience a winning combination of big-screen Wimbledon action, garden games, lake swims, open-air cinema, woodfired pizza and Lanson Champagne.

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Kendal Calling 2026

30 July - 2 August 2026

The Lake District festival set in the Deer park at Lowther estate. With 250 artists set across 13 stages. Headline acts include Biffy Clyro, Wolf Alice, Two Door Cinema Club and The Kooks

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Red deer hikes

1 October - 31 October 2026

October marks the start of the famous Martindale red deer rut, join Nicola Merrit for a deer rutting hike in the Martindale Valley this Autumn.

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