A near £300,000 refurbishment programme at Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre is complete. An 18-month improvement project, with funding from a range of organisations, has allowed the Kirkgate to substantially upgrade the equipment and facilities at its town centre base – a converted Victorian primary school. To mark the event, representatives from one of the major funders, the Benny Walker Charitable Trust, …
The Cockermouth Community Musical, developed through Kirkgate Arts and Heritage as part of the Our Freedom: Then and Now project, is part of a national photography exhibition launched recently in London to a host of organisation representatives. Our Freedom: Then and Now was a UK-wide, locally-led arts and creative programme reflecting on what ‘Our Freedom’ means to local people and …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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’s Kirkgate Centre is 30 years old this year …. And a fabulous range of celebratory events are being lined up to mark the occasion! With the centre’s main auditorium now back in action after a major refurbishment that took several weeks to complete, it’s all systems go for an anniversary year to remember. Events already organised include: A 30th …
Starts Saturday 15th February and runs until Saturday 31st May 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 Allerdale and Copeland providing local audiences with high quality professional performances. This upcoming season has a wide range of shows – from …
