This web site complements the “Borrowdale Story” exhibition at Grange in Borrowdale, which is run by a group of local volunteers. By recording the history and culture of this beautiful valley in the English Lake District, we aim to bring community and visitors together in appreciation of our shared past, present, and future.
2019 Borrowdale Story Calendar now available
This year’s calendar is selling out fast! Get yours now by popping into Grange Methodist Church – £6 per copy – or if that’s not convenient, please send a cheque for £10 with your postal address to David Woodthorpe, Bybeck, Grange-in Borrowdale, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5UQ.
Includes beautiful seasonal views of Borrowdale, all photographs taken by volunteers. Proceeds to the Borrowdale Story and the Church in Borrowdale.
New displays at Grange for 2018
For this year, we have some new images of the Askews and the Mounseys, our most senior Borrowdale resident Jake Jenkinson, Longthwaite Farm, and the Borrowdale hamlets.
The information boards have been refreshed with new material with a floral theme, and there is a new display of stainless steel and copper items crafted by local men at the Lakeland Rural Industries in Grange.
There are also leaflets, interpretation boards and wonderfully informative wall books of valley history.
Please encourage visitors to this free, educational and very interesting exhibition.
Explore Borrowdale
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Valley voices
Sound recordings of Borrowdale valley residents |
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Villages
The six hamlets: Grange, Lodore and Manesty, Rosthwaite, The Top End (Honister, Seatoller and Seathwaite), Stonethwaite, and Watendlath and Ashness |
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Walking and ClimbingIdeas for when you are out and about in the valley |
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Services |
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ShoppingBetween February and November basics can be bought at the Flock Inn, Rosthwaite. The nearest supermarkets are in Keswick. We encourage people to shop locally when they can; for extras some of us use Amazon.co.uk |
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