View the county from your desktop

View the county from the comfort of your office or home PC.

There are a number of automatic cameras around Cumbria beaming images around the globe.

Featuring well known locations, buildings and views the webcams are a great way to check the weather or see for yourself places you are thinking of visiting.

From Workington to Keswick and Carlisle to Nenthead the webcams cover the whole county.

Appleby

Appleby webcam

Watch the rise and fall of the River Eden as it flows through Appleby.

This is also the place where the horses are washed during the horse fair, which takes place during the first week of June each year.

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Ambleside webcam

Ambleside webcam

This webcam features the Rothay Valley including Lanty Scar, Nab Scar and Fairfield Ridge from Ambleside.

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Bayles webcam

Bayles webcam

This webcam is high on the fells over looking Alston towards Mount Hooley and Blagill.

Alston Moor is part of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

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BBC Cumbria studio A webcam

BBC Radio Cumbria studio A

This is a view from our webcam in Cubicle A at BBC Radio Cumbria.

Normally you'll be able to watch Liz Rhodes and Kevin Fernihough broadcast their weekday programmes from this studio. The camera is live from 6am to midnight and refreshes every 10 minutes.

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BBC Cumbria studio B webcam

Gordon Swindlehurst in studio B

This is a view of Cubicle B at BBC Radio Cumbria. Mike Parr, Gordon Swindlehurst and Ian Timms usually broadcast their weekday programmes from this studio.

The camera is live from 6am to midnight and refreshes every 10 minutes.

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Borrowdale

Borrowdale Valley

The view of Hope Park, Derwent Water and the Borrowdale Valley from Keswick

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Carlisle Castle webcam

Carlisle Castle

This medieval castle has been a cornerstone of the history of Carlisle for over 900 years.

Today it is the vista from our webcam site based high on our BBC offices.

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Carlisle City webcam

Carlisle's city centre

Overlooking the recently renovated Market Cross and the centre of Carlisle.

Updates every 10 minutes during daylight hours and then every 30 mins during the evening.

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Coniston webcam

Coniston webcam

The village of Coniston, in South Cumbria, is famous for The Old Man of Coniston, Coniston Water and Brantwood, the former home of John Ruskin.

From the webcam you can see St Andrew's Church to the right of the image.

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Eskdale webcam

Eskdale webcam

The camera looks out over Eskdale Green - a popular starting point for walkers venturing in to the forests of Miterdale and Giggle Alley.

A Japanese water garden can be found in Giggle Alley Forest featuring bamboo thickets and maples.

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Glenridding webcam

Glenridding webcam

The name "Glenridding" means "glen overgrown with bracken".

Glenridding is located on the A592 and sits on the southwestern side of Ullswater.

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Howhill webcam

Howhill webcam

This webcam has a fantastic view from high up on the fells outside of Alston.

Alston is reputed to be England's highest market town and is noted for its delightful cobbled main street and its Market Cross in the centre of the town.

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Keswick webcam

Keswick webcam

Keswick is situated on the edge of Derwent Water, on the south side of Skiddaw.

Almost all of the town is Victorian and was built on the former railway line from Penrith.

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Nenthead webcam

Nenthead webcam

This webcam looks across Nenthead near Alston and up Fiddlers.

Alston Moor and the surrounding fells have been mined for silver, lead, coal and anthracite since Roman times.

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Rhino webcam

Rhino webcam

The webcam is over looking the pen of mum Tala and Zimba. Zimba is the second rhino birth at the South Lakes Wild Animal Park in South Cumbria.

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Scafell Pike webcam

Wasdale webcam

The Scafell Webcam overlooks Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England.

This area is popular with walkers and runners taking part in the Three Peaks Challenge.

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Squirrel webcam

Red squirrel

This webcam, from a secret Cumbrian location, features squirrels, birds and other forest creatures.

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Whitehaven webcam

Whitehaven Harbour

Positioned high above the harbour in Whitehaven this camera has views of the boats and tongues of the harbour area.

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Workington town centre

Workington town centre

This webcam shows The Hub in the recently redeveloped Workington town centre.

The Hub is a new outdoor performance space in Workington. The area has a canopy overhead, incorporating lighting and state of the art 3D sound technology.

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