Our information pages
Thanks for visiting our local information pages.
Here you will find everything from visiting times at hospitals to details of where you can recycle plastic, cans and clothes.
There are also out of hours pharmacy opening times, sunrise and sunset times, tide tables as well as train timetables, journey planners, emergency and helpline numbers and much more.
As things such as opening times can change quite regularly, we suggest you call the venue before setting off.
All of the details in this section were correct when compiled. If, however, times have subsequently changed, let us know here.
If we have missed something - or you feel we should create new sections - let us know here.
Bin collection dates and other holiday details are here
Pharmacy opening times
Click here for the 'out of hours' opening times for chemists in Carlisle, Cockermouth, Keswick, Maryport, Penrith, Whitehaven and Workington
Tide tables
High water times and heights for Silloth, Maryport, Workington and Whitehaven
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise and sunset times for north and west Cumbria
Five day Lakes weather forecast
Click the link above for the five day weather forecast for the English Lake District
School term times
Term times for Cumbrian schools together with half-term and bank holiday dates until summer 2010.
What's On calendar - north and west Cumbria
For all of the details of events in your area, visit our regularly updated What's On calendar. Live music, festivals, agricultural shows, meetings, blood donor sessions - they're all here
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Contact your local council
Links to local councils - county, boroughs and parishes - and the Lake District National Park Authority. Includes councillor contact lists, complaint forms, direct line phone numbers to depts
Hospital opening times
Details of when north and west Cumbria's hospitals - including the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle and West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven - are open to visitors
Emergency & useful telephone numbers
All of the emergency and useful numbers you're likely to need - from low flying complaints to citizens advice and trading standards to the Environment Agency
Everything from help giving up smoking to Dental Direct and The Samaritans to National Childbirth Trust
Details of where you can leave bottles, cans, plastics, oil and other stuffLibraries
The opening times of libraries across North and West Cumbria
Swimming pools
Pool opening times from across North and West Cumbria
Charities
For the numbers of local charities across North and West Cumbria
MPs & MEPs
Contact details for north and west Cumbria's MPs and the North West's MEPs
Cumbria crime figures
Postcode search for crime figures - updated monthly - for every electoral ward in Cumbria
Cumbria health stats
How long you could live, binge drinking levels and smoking rates for 160 parts of Cumbria can be accessed here
Car route planner
Detailed directions, also lets you find petrol stations en route, journey cost and CO2 emissions
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Coach planner
Find a range of journey plans from location to location for all hours of the day
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Journey planner
Find out how to get from A to B using public transport or car
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Day trip planner
Type in details to plan a journey to visit two locations in a day
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Train routes & timetables
Enter where you want to go to and from and when, choose by time or cost
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Cheaper rail fares
Enter where you want to go to and from but choose your journey by cost
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