Westmorland and Furness is a unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast, shipbuilding and the port in Barrow-in-Furness, and agriculture in the rural parts of the area.
Image: Lake Windermere MMB 56
Image: Market Square, Penrith
Image: Kendal Cumbria 6
Image: Duke Street, Barrow in Furness
Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Carlisle.
Image: Derwent Water, Lake District, Cumbria June 2009
Image: The Citadel, Court Square, Carlisle, Cumbria 02
Image: St Bees south head (Tomlin)
The Castlerigg stone circle dates from the late Neolithic age and was constructed by some of the earliest inhabitants of Cumbria