Cartmel Village Society

29/10/2026

courtesy of The Mail this week with these great photos of The Square, The Gatehouse, and Cartmel Priory

Take a look!📸

26/10/2026

Keys found outside Perfect English this morning have been handed into the Priory Hotel. Thanks to Sam Leneghan for sharing.

23/10/2026

Today's the day!

Cartmel Village Society's Annual Lecture is taking place at the Village Hall at 7pm tonight. Hear some fascinating tales from historian Colin Burke, author of 'A Brief History of Cartmel', about the many characters and events that have left their mark on our special village.

Entry is free, but places must be pre-booked through Ewen Cameron by emailing [email protected] or calling 07929 833528.

22/10/2026

to this postcard view of nearby High Newton from around 1920 with only one car on the main road! The Crown Inn, which is now the Michelin-starred Heft, Inn + Restaurant is instantly recognisable. And the outline of the archway on the left of the picture can still be seen on the building today.

15/10/2026

and it's another classic this week. This view of the park gate to Cartmel Racecourse dates from before the Village Hall was built in the 1930s, when the gate was moved a few metres towards the course to allow access to the Hall on the left. The stone at the corner of the building on the left is still there today and the tree on the left is presumably the oak that was recently felled due to disease.

12/10/2026

CARTMEL VILLAGE SOCIETY’S 2026 Annual Lecture will be held on Friday, October 23rd at 7pm in the village hall with a talk by Colin Burke on “Who has left their mark on Cartmel…and who hasn’t”. Weaving his way through his book, A Brief History of Cartmel, Colin will identify those characters and events which have left their mark on the village, whether through direct or indirect influence, and those who have not. With some surprising inclusions and equally surprising exclusions, he hopes to both entertain and enlighten. The lecture is free and places need to be pre-booked through Ewen Cameron at [email protected] or 07929 833528.

08/10/2026

and a call out to see if anyone can help us identify this cottage. This beautiful watercolour is by local artist, Sydney Buckley, and is dated 1981. The reverse says it is an 'old cottage at Cartmel' but does not give a name. Does anyone recognise it?

01/10/2026

and thank you to Howard Martin who kindly shared this photograph with us when we were manning the pictured National Trust owned Grade II Medieval Gatehouse. We believe it dates from around the 1940s and shows Martin’s Bank where Kerr’s Book Shop now is. What a classic shot!

📸 Howard Martin

22/09/2026

Some timely content from Irini Tzortzoglou about apple harvests ahead of this Sunday's first Cartmel Apple Pressing Day at St Mary's Lodge, The Causeway, Cartmel from 10.30am-3.30pm. Donations welcome to St Mary's Hospice. To beat the queues & be allocated a time slot, call 07929 833528 in advance.

If you can't make this weekend, a second apple pressing day is planned for Sunday 18th October.

*All fruit should be ready washed & please bring your own containers for juice and pulp.