A community group is hoping to buy the Black Lion in the Cumbrian village of Ireby Rural communities will find it increasingly difficult to save their local pubs from closure after a government scheme ...

Villagers face a race against time to save their historic pub, after missing out on a potential government grant by a day. With the pub up for sale, villagers fear what will happen if it sold and ...

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Ireby Music Festival takes place over the over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th May 2018. Now in its 16th year, a wealth of folk music, workshops and sessions happens ...

A COMMUNITY group has said that a rural Cumbrian village is set to be plunged into further 'isolation' amid plans to scrap its only bus. Following an annual review by Stagecoach, the 73 bus which ...

It is with great regret that the Committee and the Directors of the Ireby Festival 2020 have to announce its cancellation for this year and postponement until May 2021. As you know, Ireby Festival has ...

Charles Devlin, who has run the Ireby Festival in west Cumbria for nearly 20 years is standing down. It began as a party in his garden and rapidly grew, attracting acts and visitors from all over the ...

In its 18th year the ever popular Ireby Festival takes place on the festival field in a marquee; in the Village at the Globe Hall and also St. James's Church. A Saturday gig is held at The Old Chancel ...

Boltongate Old Rectory Boltongate, near Ireby, Cumbria (01697 371647; www.boltongateoldrectory.com) Is this the finest B&B in the north-west? The regional tourist board said so when it handed out ...

Rural communities will find it increasingly difficult to save their local pubs from closure after a government scheme was axed, a campaign group has warned. The Community Ownership Fund, which helped ...