Cockermouth, Multiple Traffic Notices, Temporary Road Closures and Parking Restrictions due to Taste Cumbria Christmas Event

CUMBERLAND COUNCIL (VARIOUS ROADS, COCKERMOUTH)

(TASTE CUMBRIA CHRISTMAS)

(TEMPORARY TRAFFIC REGULATION) ORDER 2025

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to facilitate the holding of the Taste Cumbria Christmas in Cockermouth (“the Event”) Cumberland Council has made an Order under Section 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (the 1984 Act), with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport under Section 16(B)(6) of the 1984 Act, the effect of which is to impose the following restrictions on the days and during the hours specified below: -

1. To prohibit any vehicle from proceeding along the following lengths of road: -

   (a) Main Street, Cockermouth – from its junction with Station Street to its junction with Market Place

   An alternative route for vehicles will be available via the unrestricted sections of Main Street, Sullart Street, Gallowbarrow, Lamplugh Road, A66, B5291 Dubwath, C2064 Embleton and Castlegate Drive, Cockermouth.

   (b) The south-eastbound lane of the unadopted road between U2286 Station Road and Fairfield car park, from its junction with the U2286 Station Road, extending in a northerly direction for approx. 40 metres.

   (c) U2285 Market Place, Cockermouth – between its junctions with Market Street and Kirkgate.

   An alternative route for vehicles will be via the C2064 Castlegate, Castlegate Drive and the U2383 St Helens Street.

   A way for pedestrians and dismounted cyclists will be maintained at all times during the restrictions detailed at 1 above.

   Duration – From 0500 hours on Saturday 6 December 2025 to 2100 hours on Sunday 7 December 2025.

2. To prohibit any vehicle to wait at any time or to load/unload at any time, on any day (including blue badge holders) along the following lengths of road:

   (a) On both sides and the entire length of Station Street, Cockermouth;

   (b) On both sides of the C2064 Main Street, Cockermouth from the junction of Station Street and High Sands Lane (north and south side)

   (c) On the east and west side of Kirkgate, Cockermouth (various lengths):

   (d) On both sides of St Helen’s Street, Cockermouth (various lengths):

   (e) On the north east side of Lorton Street, Cockermouth (single 24m length)

   (f) On the north side of Market Place from its junction with Market Street, extending in an easterly direction for approx. 25m

   (g) On the south side of Market Place from a point approx. 15m from its junction with Kirkgate, extending in a westerly direction for approx. 25m.

   (g) On the south side of Market Place from a point approx. 15m from its junction with Kirkgate, extending in a westerly direction for approx. 25m.

   Duration – From 0300 hours on Saturday 6 December 2025 to 2100 hours on Sunday 7 December 2025.

   The restriction detailed in 2 above shall not apply to any vehicle making deliveries to business premises providing that the waiting time for those deliveries is limited to a maximum of 30 minutes duration.

   During the restriction detailed in 1 above on Main Street, vehicular access/egress for residents on Challoner Street and Croft Side will be available via South Street. To facilitate this the one-way restrictions on Challoner Street and South Street will be temporarily suspended for the duration of the Event, with traffic management in place (traffic lights) to regulate the traffic flow.

   N.B.

   (1) During the Event vehicle access to Fairfield Car Park should be made from Station Road and exit via South Street and

   (2) vehicle access/egress to and from properties on Main Street, will be permitted, providing it is deemed safe to so by the Event marshals.

   Nothing in the Order to which this notice relates shall:

   (i) Apply to emergency service vehicles, or vehicles being used by statutory undertakers in the performance of their duties; and

   (ii) Apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform; and

   (iii) Have the effect of preventing at any time access for pedestrians to any premises situated on or adjacent to the roads, or to any other premises accessible for pedestrians from, and only from the roads; and

   (iv) Apply to vehicles being used in connection with the Event.

   Any queries to the Highways Hotline 0300 373 3736 or via the Cumberland Council website. The reference to quote is TTRO/C/16464

   The Order will come into operation on 6 December 2025 and may continue in force for a maximum duration of 3 days. It is anticipated that the restrictions will be required as detailed above and only as and when the appropriate traffic signs are displayed.

   Chief Legal Officer, Cumberland Council, Cumbria House, 117 Botchergate, Carlisle CA1 1RD

   27 November 2025