Cumbria Archives Christmas and New Year Closure 2024 - 2025
Cumbria Archive Centres will close at usual times on Friday 20 December 2024. All Archive Centres will re-open on Thursday 2 January 2025.Advance notice of closure of Cumbria Archive Centres for stocktaking and staff training, 27 November to 6 December 2024
All Cumbria Archive Centres will be closed from Wednesday 27 November for 2 weeks and will reopen as normal on Wednesday 11 December 2024. This is for staff to undertake important training and stocktaking work. Please note that there may be delays with responses to enquiries, telephone calls and digitization requests during this period.Important changes to public access at Kendal Archive Centre
In June 2024 Westmorland and Furness Council announced that all public access to County Offices, Kendal, would cease from October 2024. This means that Kendal Archive Centre will change public access to records during October 2024:
- Public access to records will be provided in the Herdwick Room, local studies library, at Kendal Library, Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4PY
- Records will continue to be stored at County Offices
- Records requested by researchers will be transported to Kendal Library on a daily basis.
- An appointment to see records must be made at least 72 hours in advance. It will not be possible to provide access to researchers without an appointment.
- All records must be pre-ordered at least 72 hours in advance.
- Length of opening hours will remain the same but start and finish times will change. These will be 10 AM to 4 PM, Wednesdays to Fridays.
- Deposits of records can be made to the back door of County Offices by appointment only.
- Westmorland and Furness Council has begun a feasibility study of a long term new site for Kendal Archives Centre.