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Westmorland Dales Festival 2025

Join us for a taste of life in the Westmorland Dales and help us celebrate our landscape, heritage and people!

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Event Date

26 July 2025

This event occurs daily from
26 Jul 2025 to 27 Jul 2025

Description

The Festival began life in 2016 to mark the expansion of the Yorkshire Dales National Park on 1 August 2016 to include the area of Cumbria now known as the Westmorland Dales. Since then the event has been a fixture over the weekend closest to that date, and in 2025 the Westmorland Dales Festival will take place on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 July.

Originally a one-day event, the Festival grew to a new two-day format in 2023.

The Festival takes place in Kirkby Stephen, gateway to the Westmorland Dales. There are markets, activities and events for all ages in the beautiful setting of the market square, the Parish Church and its grounds and the riverside as well as other central sites. Nearby attractions such as Kirkby Stephen East station and steam railway and Winton Park Gardens join in the celebrations too.

Guided walks and other activities explore the wider landscape of the Dales.