Cockermouth is a great little town – special to us all in different ways.

  • What do you value about Cockermouth?
  • How do you see the Cockermouth of the future?

Throughout 2026, a small group of people, supported by the Town Council and ACTion with Communities in Cumbria, will be starting conversations, and gathering ideas, about what people in Cockermouth care about most and how we can all work together to make sure that, into the future, the town continues to be a place that we are all proud of. We’re using the framework of a Community-Led Plan.

We’re inviting everyone who lives, or works, or comes regularly into Cockermouth to tell us…

  • what you love about Cockermouth and would like to hold onto or see more of
  • what you feel the town lacks and how you think we could develop it, and
  • how you would like to help make it happen.

Photos courtesy of Red Raven Design (redrawn.net), Cockermouth & District Agricultural Society (cockermouthshow.co.uk) and Cockermouth Titans

DROP-IN LAUNCH AND VISIONING DAY

10am-2pm Saturday 21 March, Cockermouth URC

We’re starting by creating an art project with all our primary schools and also Cockermouth School, in early March 2026. The children and young people will address our four themes of: Getting Around, Living Here, Our Environment and Work and Play.

Their work will then be displayed as part of our Launch and Visioning Day on Saturday 21 March at Cockermouth URC on Main Street. You are warmly invited to drop in between 10am and 2pm to find out more about the Plan process, enjoy the art and other displays and share your hopes, concerns and ideas for the future of our town in different ways.

Please come if you can – the more the merrier! We would love to see people who live and work all over the local area and all ages, too, to give us a really good starting point for running our consultation process.

COMING UP NEXT……

DROP-IN LAUNCH AND VISIONING DAY

 

10am-2pm Saturday 21 March

Cockermouth URC, Main Street

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY-LED PLAN?

  • An action plan which sets out how local problems and issues can be tackled and what opportunities there are for the community and area.
  • The actions include things that our community can do on its own, and those which require partnership with local authorities or other agencies.

WHAT IS COMMUNITY-LED PLANNING?

  • Led, driven and resourced by grassroots action.
  • Run by volunteers, usually a mix of councillors and other local people.
  • Involving as many different voices from the local community as possible, in lots of different ways, including events, meetings and questionnaires

A process to create a Community-Led Plan that reflects all the views that have been expressed and has the support of the local community.

HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?

  • Come along to the Visioning Day between 10am and 2pm on Saturday 21 March at Cockermouth URC on Main Street. If you can’t come along but would like us to let you know about the next opportunity to share your views, please email our steering group on cclp@cockermouth.org
  • Check back here for other opportunities to take part in the process. Groups can also submit their shared views and join conversations on particular themes. If you represent a particular group who would like to be involved, please get in touch on cclp@cockermouth.org

ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

Click here to download our frequently asked questions about how the plan process works, including about funding, timescale and implementation.

If you still have questions, please just get in touch on cclp@cockermouth.org and we’ll do our best to answer them.