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Ulverston Open Gardens 25th and 26th June
Local elections 5th May – have your say!
Ulverston Indoor Market ready to welcome Dickensian Festival goers
Keep up to date with Local Government Re-organisation
Remembrance services in Ulverston
BBC Children in Need Great Rickshaw Challenge comes to Ulverston on 4th November
Ulverston win best town at the Cumbria in Bloom Awards
Local Plan Review consultation 20th October
Ulverston Lantern Festival road closure information
The Annual Town meeting took place on 16th May at the Red Rose Club. The Mayor of Ulverston Cllr Bob Brown gave awards from his fundraising for the year to representatives from:
Ulverston in Bloom, Ulverston Disabled Club. North West Blood Bikes, St Mary’s Hospice, Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue, Ulverston Town Band and Ulverston Inshore Rescue.
Thanks to everybody for attending and to the Red Rose Club for hosting.
We are pleased to announce that Ulverston Open Gardens is back on this year, on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June. Come along and visit 15 beautiful and interesting gardens! Entry is £3 which is payable on the day and allows access to all 15 gardens.
Have your say on 5th May and help shape the future of local government in Cumbria! Voters heading to the polls tomorrow (Thursday) will be electing councillors to the new Westmorland and Furness Council, which will be running council services in the South Lakeland, Barrow and Eden areas from April 2023. Find out more here: http://ow.ly/BTSP50IYTaY
The Market Hall will be open on Saturday 27th 9am to 5pm and on Sunday 28th, between 10am and 4pm.
The stall holders are looking forward to welcoming everyone to their stalls and to see Santa who will be in the Studio. There will be family entertainment and a big welcome in the market!
A website has been set up to provide updates for Local Government Re-organisation and the progress of Unitary Councils for Cumbria. Keep up to date with the latest information here –
On Thursday 11 November at 11am there will be a short service organised by the Royal British Legion (Ulverston Branch) at the war memorial in Market Place.
Sunday 14 November – Remembrance Sunday. The parade led by Ulverston Town Band will depart from the British Legion on Brogden Street at 2.10 arriving at the parish church on Church Walk for a 2.30 service. They will be processing back to the War Memorial to lay wreaths at approximately 3.40.
All very welcome
The Rickshaw Challenge for BBC Children in Need is back for 2021, and it will be arriving outside The Coro in Ulverston on 4th November, around 3pm! (Time may be subject to change due to weather etc)
20 year old Harrison Holmes, from Pennington is excited he will be taking part. Please come down to give him a big Ulverston welcome! Harrison will have cycled all the way from Windermere with Matt Baker from BBC’s The One Show.
A team of 5 young people, all of whom have been supported by Children in Need, will cycle a rickshaw from Bristol to Edinburgh. They will push themselves to the limit, battling steep hills and braving the elements to raise money for the charity.
This year, to keep everyone COVID safe, instead of the riders coming to the rickshaw, for the first time the rickshaw is going to them. The Great Rickshaw Relay Challenge will see The One Show’s Matt Baker and team take on a relay-style ride in five chapters, with each rider taking a leg each, travelling through their hometowns and visiting places which hold a particular significance for them along the way.
Best of luck to Harrison and team!
The Cumbria in Bloom awards ceremony recently took place at St. Mary’s Hospice.
Ulverston won Best Town in Cumbria and Deputy Mayor Michelle Scrogham accepted the trophy on behalf of the town.
Ulverston in Bloom also won Gold for the town, and community groups including Gill Banks Action Group, Friends of Lightburn Park and St Mary’s Church gardeners all won awards.
Huge congratulations to all involved in these richly deserved awards for our wonderful town!
As part of the South Lakeland Local Plan Review Issues and Options consultation, SLDC are holding a number of ‘drop-in’ conversations across the District. These are being held at the following locations from 3pm to 7pm:
- Tuesday 12 October: Kirkby Lonsdale Lunesdale Hall
- Friday 15 October: Milnthorpe M: Hub
- Monday 18 October: Kendal Town Hall (Town Council Chamber)
- Wednesday 20 October: Ulverston Coronation Hall
- Friday 22 October: Grange-over-Sands Victoria Hall
Planning Officers will be on hand to listen to and discuss any views in response to the consultation. These are open public consultation events and Covid secure measures will be in place. There will be a requirement to wear face masks and observe social distancing inside the venues. Hand sanitisers will be available and windows and doors will be opened to ensure good ventilation. At busy times numbers allowed inside the venues at any one time may be limited to ensure the comfort of everyone attending.
Ulverston Lantern Festival is warning local residents that they will not be able to drive around the town centre roads from 7.00pm to 10.00pm on Saturday, September 25th because of road closures that will be in force to ensure the safety of processions and the thousands of people on the streets to enjoy the event.
Festival Chair Chris Nelson commented: “Most people are aware of the closures around the festival and we very much appreciate their patience and co-operation. But because the festival did not take place last year, and the date is later than usual, we are making an extra effort to inform people that the town centre will be effectively closed to traffic on Saturday night from 7.00pm until 10.00pm.
“Incredibly we regularly get drivers trying to force their way through the roads while the closures are still in force – endangering families in the processions and thousands of people on the streets to enjoy the event.
“We will try to open the roads earlier if at all possible, but anyone attempting to drive on roads legally closed are risking lives and need to be aware that they may not be covered by their motor insurance.”
Festival organisers are also warning pet owners that the firework display at Ford Park will be taking place earlier than normal – around 9.00pm – so residents should ensure their pets are indoors.
South Lakeland District Council has authorised closing roads to traffic around the town centre to allow the festival to take place safely. That means no vehicles can drive on the town centre roads from 7.00pm to 10.00pm, except those vehicles involved in Ulverston Lantern Festival and emergency vehicles. Police will be assisting stewards to enforce the road closures and barriers will be in place.
The roads affected by closures are: King Street, Queen Street, Buxton Place, Well Street, Lower Brook Street, Fountain Street, Mill Street, Stanley Street from the junction with Garden Terrace to The Gill, Soutergate from the junction with Fountain Street to the junction with Garden Terrace, Church Walk from the junction with Mill Street to Tarnside, Hart Street from the junction to Brewery Street to the junction to Sunderland Terrace, Sunderland Terrace from the junction with Hart Street to the junction with Swan Street, Swan Street, Market Street, Union Street, Brewery Street, Cavendish Street, Theatre Street, County Square, New Market Street, Daltongate from the junction with Market Street to the junction with Stockbridge Lane, Brewery Street, Fountain Street.
For further information please visit www.ulverstonlanternfestival.org
