Cockfrock — Cockermouth’s ever-popular pop up sale of pre-loved ladies clothing and accessories — is back with another special pre-Christmas event! An annual two-day sale of pre-loved, good quality ladies fashion usually takes place at the town’s Kirkgate Centre each Spring. However, with Christmas not far away, organisers have again decided to stage an Autumn event next month to allow …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle October 2025
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle October 2025 Autumn has well and truly landed, thank goodness for those double glazed windows and efficient boilers that we installed a few years back! Certainly feeling the benefit in recent weeks at the centre. It’s onwards and upwards with our funded work as technical details are now pinned down ready for our upgrade to digital sound …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle September 2025
Welcome to the September Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. It’s already feeling autumnal, we can see the colours on the trees changing before our eyes from our office window at Kirkgate and we are gearing up for our September sports sale… Yes, Kirk Kit is back! There’s still time to register as a seller at this event, if you have any camping …
Would you like to help The Kirkgate celebrate ‘Our Freedom’?
Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre has been chosen to participate in a nationwide arts and creative programme reflecting what freedom means to people, linked to the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Our Freedom: Then and Now is a new programme of community-based events in arts centres and libraries across the UK highlighting what ‘Our Freedom’ means to …
Time to cash in on that unused sporting equipment again
It’s time for another workout revamp! Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre will shortly be repeating its Kirk Kit sporting goods sales spectacular, the first one of which proved such a hit last year. Have you got any old bits of sporting equipment or clothing taking up valuable space in the cupboard or wardrobe? Then next weekend’s the chance to cash in on …
The Kirkgate Centre’s after your vote!
Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre is hoping to follow up the success of its imaginative and popular 30th Anniversary Film Festival by picking up a prestigious award! Centre staff and volunteers are hoping that customers who enjoy the range of films on offer at the Kirkgate on a weekly basis will feel able to vote for the centre in the first ever …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle August 2025
This weekend will be our final six titles of our 30th Anniversary Film Festival, and we close with a very special screening…. Local film maker Michael Groom will be joining us for a Q&A session after the film ‘Between the Lights’ is shown on our big screen! “This romantic, supernatural drama may remind you of classics of this genre like Ghost and Truly, Madly, Deeply.” (Riverside Studios) When sceptical scientist …
Arts Out West Autumn/Winter 2025 Season
Arts Out West Autumn/Winter 2025 – Starts Thursday 4th September and runs until Sunday 7th December Arts Out West is the rural touring arm of Kirkgate Arts and Heritage serving a large area of West Cumbria. We work with volunteers in various venues throughout Cumberland, providing local audiences with high quality professional performances. This upcoming season has a wide range …
Grant support helps Kirkgate improve its facilities
Grants totalling more than £40,000 will enable the Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth to streamline and improve its sound production system for a wide range of performances. The centre is celebrating a successful application to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), which includes the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) and is managed by Cumberland Council, for £39,129. The grant will be …
Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle July 2025
Welcome to the July 2025 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle, we’re taking over this months edition with our 30th Anniversary Film Festival! FREE film pass available for those on low incomes! Thanks to funding from Cumberland Council, we are excited to be able to offer free festival film passes to anyone who is currently claiming either working age benefits of pension credits. To claim …