Explore fascinating stories from Cumbria.
Radio Cumbria,Β·11 episodes
250 years ago an eccentric bought Vicar's Island on Derwentwater and caused a scandal.
The Carlisle Cricket Club dig has revealed the largest Roman building on Hadrian's Wall.
Andrew Carter explores more subterranean features and the abandoned station master's flat
Birkshead mine near Appleby-in-Westmorland is a 1000 ft deep under rolling farmland.
Millican Dalton the 'Professor of Adventure' lived in a cave on Castle Crag for 30 years.
Underneath the platforms Andrew Carter discovers deserted kitchens, and hidden tunnels.
Constructed during the Cold War, it was a refuge for 3 Royal Observer Corp volunteers.
Food historian Ivan Day cooks a food staple, that's disappeared into the mists of time.
Underneath the court building the Tudor gun bastion has been hidden for 200 years.
The condemned cell is in Carlisle Citadel, which dominates the city's southern entrance.
The Prior's Tower in the Close is home to one of the finest ceilings in the north.
