Parking is set to be reviewed in a Cumbrian town after hundreds of people backed a campaign calling for action.

Fair Parking for Keswick was set up to campaign for action to tackle parking problems faced by residents of unrestricted roads near the town centre.

Hundreds of people signed a petition calling for a strategic review of all the town's on-street and off-street parking.

Glenn Savage, of Blencathra Street, is one of the people behind the campaign, which he said received backing from the the Lake District National Park Authority, Keswick Tourism Association and Lake District Hotels Ltd.

Mr Savage has now presented the petition to Cumbria County Council and said he had since been told that officers from the county council and Allerdale council would meet to look at the proposal.

He told the town council, which also backed the campaign, that the county council was exploring funding options for the parking study.

A meeting had previously been held between campaigners and officers of Allerdale and the county council.

Mr Savage told the town council: "I'm asking you to keep the pressure on. We talked about reconvening that meeting in the autumn. I think we should do that and then we have our input in this."

Parking has been controversial in Keswick in recent years, with an Allerdale council proposal to increase car park charges prompting a mass petition. The council eventually reduced the levels of its increases.

Residents of unrestricted streets near the town centre have reported difficulty parking near their homes because of people using their roads to avoid parking charges.

A county council spokesman said: "In autumn, we will liaise with Allerdale Borough Council, Keswick Town Council and the local member regarding parking in Keswick, to identify the scope, extent and funding required for a long term solution or solutions.

"The outcomes of this review will be considered by the county council’s traffic management team, who will put forward recommendations to be considered by Allerdale local committee for funding in 2018.”

Meanwhile, Cumbria County Council is proposing changes to waiting times on a number of Keswick streets. The chances include extending current seasonal restrictions in some areas to apply all year round, and putting in double yellow lines on some narrow streets. Plans to remove a one-hour restriction on a section of Church Street have met with opposition from the town council, which would like to see it become a two-hour zone instead of unrestricted parking.