An ideal place for family living and the good life

Welcome to Ulverston

Located in southern Cumbria close to both Morecambe Bay and the Lake District, Ulverston is a delightful, bustling and attractive historic market town with an illustrious heritage stretching back to the Domesday Book and beyond, not to mention birthplace of famous comedian Stan Laurel. Well served by locally run shops and cafés, traditional pubs and contemporary restaurants, Ulverston has an impressively active social life, staging around twenty richly different festivals throughout the year. The 635-seat Coronation Hall, the Art Deco-style Roxy and many other venues and events, enhance Ulverston’s reputation for being an enterprising, independent and sociable town that welcomes visitors and residents alike with enthusiasm and warmth.

Within easy reach of the mountains and valleys of the central Lake District, Ulverston is just fifteen miles from Coniston and around twenty miles from Ambleside and Windermere. One of Britain’s most celebrated areas of natural beauty, the Lake District National Park offers unlimited opportunities for hill-walking, mountain-biking, rock-climbing, watersports and many other outdoor activities. The 112-kilometre Cumbria Way walking route starts in Ulverston, and traverses some of the most beautiful scenery in Cumbria along its spectacular route to Carlisle.

With an impressive and long-standing maritime history, Ulverston is just half a mile from the shores of Morecambe Bay, with an extensive coastline. Ulverston is just 25 miles from Junction 36 of the M6, for onward travel north to Carlisle and Scotland, and south to Lancaster and Blackpool, Preston and Manchester. Local rail services from Ulverston connect to Barrow in- Furness, plus there are direct services from Ulverston to both Lancaster and Manchester Airport.