Local Government information
Cumbria County Council
- Full guidance on staying at home and away from others
- Stay at home guidance for households with possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
- Shielding and how to protect extremely vulnerable people
- Information regarding closure of schools and nurseries to all except essential workforce
- Volunteering in your local community and volunteer guidance
- You can also subscribe to email alerts for your area. The link for Carlisle is here
- Cumbria County Council Service Updates including Highways, Fire, Cumbria Care, Household Waste and Recycling Centres, Registration Services, Libraries and Archives, Public Buildings.
Please note that Cumbria County Council has now temporarily closed all of its buildings to the public and will no longer provide non-essential ‘face to face’ services. Alternative contact can be made online by visiting www.cumbria.gov.uk or by phone, call 01228 606060.
The only essential Council ‘face to face’ services that will continue to be provided are as follows:
- Registration Services for births and deaths only at the following locations o County Offices, Kendal,
- The Nan Tait centre in Barrow,
- The Lady Gilford’s building in Carlisle, o Penrith Library,
- Whitehaven Library.
- Coroner’s Office on Station Road, Cockermouth, CA13 9PT
- Family Centres (for supervised contact ONLY)*
Services marked with * are under review and there will be further announcements about them shortly.
Cumbria County Council