Included in this section are individual events happening in Matterdale and at the bottom you will find links to on-going activities and other Village Halls in the area.

Upcoming Events

Fri, 14 Apr
Watermillock
Folk Night
Enjoy some traditional music and clogging at this year's Folk Night.
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Mon, 24 Apr
Lowther
Daffodils 2023 - A ceramic installation by Helen Ratcliffe
Helen will be making 10,000 ceramic daffodils for an installation at Lowther Castle and is currently fundraising to cover the production costs. She hopes you can help! More project details below.
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Sun, 07 May
Royal Hotel, Dockray
Matterdale Coronation Fun
Come and have fun with Novelty Dog Show, Fun Sports, Bake-off “Fit for a King”, Decorated Crown competition, Music by the Matterdale Steel Band, Tombola, Garden Games, and more. Bring your own picnic and rug.
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Matterdale NatureWatch

Matterdale's own NatureWatch group has been set up with the aims of having fun observing and sharing observations of the flora and fauna of the valley, building a picture of the biodiversity of the area and sharing the information with the Cumbria Biodiveristy Data Centre. The group has been set up on Nextdoor to share photos and information of what, where and when species of interest have been seen. To join the group if you are already set up on NextDoor click here. For more information contact Paddy at paddy.palmer@btinternet.com. The CBDC recording sheet for your observations is available here.

MCA Monthly Photography

Over on the Matterdale section of the NextDoor app we have created a MCA Monthly Photography group. In 2021 people spent time taking pictures of 'Life in Matterdale' which emerged as the Life in Matterdale 2022 calendar. In 2022 the theme is People of Matterdale (permission must be secured for photograph use from the person/people included in the photo). These can be people at work, play etc but to show and capture the varied population of the Matterdale valley. If you aren't on NextDoor yet then please contact Veronica Gore (vagore16@gmail.com) and she will send you an invitation. Matterdale home owners only. Here's the link to the group if you are already set up on NextDoor.

Made in Matterdale

Calling all Matterdale and Watermillock artists. After the success of the Christmas Gift Fayre we have decided to keep our local artists supported through Made in Matterdale. If you would like to be included please get in touch with Helen Ratcliffe on hholland21@hotmail,com.

Shoppers - please click MORE to see what is available. More artists will be added so keep checking back to see what's new!