A new study highlights surprising differences between Herdwick sheep and their closest neighboring UK upland breeds. The research is the first of its kind to compare the genetics of three commercially ...

For the last six hundred years, and maybe even longer than that, James Rebanks’s family has been farming Herdwick sheep in the Lake District of England. But unlike his grandparents and ancestors, ...

THE Herdwick Sheep Breeders’ Association, the Farmer Network and the National Trust invite members of the public to meet the shepherds and the sheep that have shaped the Lake District’s World Heritage ...

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An online petition has been launched to save Herdwick sheep and maintain World Heritage Status in the Lake District. The petition, which has been created by Nigel Hollingworth, proposes the ...

There are many different types of tea experiences you can have around the world: a green tea ceremony with geishas in Japan, tea with Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham palace, or a good ole’ glass of ...

August is here which means it’s festival time. Cumbria has more than its fair share of festivals and they are of a type everyone can enjoy. I say that from my extensive knowledge of only ever spending ...

There’s a tingle of anticipation in the tussocky field that slopes up towards Holme Fell behind one of the most photographed farmhouses in the Lake District. Beneath a colourless winter sky, our small ...