Cultural Routeways

Many of our ancestors who lived in the Bassenthwaite catchment used the land more sustainably than we do now. They used traditional skills and products from the fields, woods and mountains without causing undue damage.

By re-visiting these earlier cultures, we want to introduce people to how the landscape can be protected while still providing a livelihood to its inhabitants.

Match funding from Europe has enabled many of these projects to involve young people from European countries. This cultural exchange programme allows participants to compare how we manage our land and celebrate our cultural history, with the way it is done in other European countries.