Transport

Roads
Almost all the roads in Cumbria are looked after by Cumbria County Council, which operates a system of Highways Stewards to keep an eye on roads and arrange repairs where needed. There is also an online system whereby road problems can be reported, see link here.

Local bus services
These are operated by Stagecoach and you can find all their routes and timetables here. The only regular local service, albeit Summer only, is the Honister Rambler service linking Keswick, Borrowdale, Buttermere, Lorton and Whinlatter from (roughly) the beginning of April to the end of October. The X4/X5 service runs from Penrith-Workington via Keswick and Cockermouth.

Village Wheels is thus rather similar to the Rural Wheels scheme, which is already operated by Cumbria County Council. More details on this can be found here. There is a useful listing of bus timetables on the Cumbria County Council website here. For other Stagecoach bus services in Cumbria, see here and there is general information on public bus services throughout the UK here.

Taxis

There is a local taxi service in the valley – “Karls Cabs” run by Karl and Emma Tyson, 2 Tenters Lane, High Lorton, Cockermouth CA139TY, Tel.01900 85122, Email here.

Rail
The nearest rail station is Workington on the Cumbrian Coast line, which is operated by Northern Rail. You can look up train times and prices to Barrow and Carlisle here. The nearest station on the intercity network is Penrith.

Air
The nearest airports are at Newcastle, Blackpool, Manchester and Prestwick.