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 …

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 …

Council grant widens access to anniversary film festival

Cumbrian residents in receipt of working age benefits or pension credits will be able to enjoy free entry to an exciting film festival with a strong local flavour …. thanks to support from Cumberland Council! The Kirkgate Centre in Cockermouth is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and one of the main events is a special Summer Film Festival featuring …

Film festival with a local flavour for Kirkgate’s big celebration!

Details have been finalised for a film festival with a strong Cumbrian flavour that will form one of the centrepieces of the 30th Anniversary programme at Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre. Thirty films, one from each year of the Kirkgate’s existence since its launch in 1995, will be screened at the centre over three weeks in July and August. Films have been …

Kirkgate looking for a helping hand

Cockermouth’s award-winning Kirkgate Arts and Heritage is looking for a volunteer to help out with its marketing and communications activities for one to two days per week. The organisation, which last year was presented with the King’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK, wants to ensure that as many people as possible …

Cockfrock’s lessons in fashion for Prom Season 2025!

Cockfrock — Cockermouth’s eagerly-anticipated pre-loved fashion and shopping experience — is back and proving as popular as ever! Cockfrock Spring 2025 takes place at the town’s Kirkgate Centre on Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18 … and, with a couple of weeks still to go, organisers have announced that all sales spots have already been snapped up. “That means …

Cockermouth Castle hosts Kirkgate’s big birthday picnic!

A rare opportunity to enjoy a visit to Cockermouth Castle is one of the highlights of the 30th anniversary celebrations for the town’s Kirkgate Centre. The castle’s owners, Lord and Lady Egremont, have kindly agreed to allow the stronghold, parts of which date from the 12th Century, to host a 30th Birthday Picnic on Sunday, June 1st. Members of the …

Taste of the Lake District Exhibition

Exhibition will tell the story of brewing’s importance to Cockermouth Final details have been confirmed ahead of the launch of an exhibition at Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre chronicling the fascinating history of beer and brewing in the town. The Cockermouth Heritage Group has been exploring the origins of brewing as a cottage industry in the town up to the closure of …