March Events
Sunday 1st March – Big Breakfast – Brough Memorial Hall
9 am to 1 pm. In aid of Pennine Young Farmers Club. Regular £13, small £10. Includes tea/coffee and orange/apple juice. The event is on behalf of MS Society, Great North Air Ambulance and Pennine YFC.
Monday 2nd March – Borrowdale Temperate Rainforest – Kirkby Stephen Methodist Chapel
3 pm to 4 pm. A talk from the National Trust’s National Nature Reserve Officer, Jade Allen, about the Borrowdale Rainforest National Nature Reserve. Learn about this globally important and extremely rare habitat in Cumbria. All welcome. £3 entry donation and free tea or coffee at the end.
Monday 2nd March – Diana Denney – Soulby Village Hall
1.30 pm. Upper Eden Silver Circle presents Diana Denney the Itinerant Songstress. Admission £5, includes refreshments. All welcome. No need to book, payment on the door.
Thursday 5th March – Upper Eden `Memory Club’ – Methodist Church Hall, Kirkby Stephen
10.30 am to 12 noon. For people with memory problems, are disabled or lonely. Enjoy time with friends. Do yo know anyone who may benefit? Also offering help and support for carers. No need to book, just turn up. Help from Eden Carers, Social Services, Alzheimer’s Society. Further information form Tony Taylor on 017683 42702 or email [email protected]
Friday 6th March `We’re Not Getting A Dog ‘ by Highlights Rural Touring Scheme – The Club, Kirkby Stephen
7.30 pm. From the brilliant comedian and storyteller, Sam Freeman, this is a beautiful performance about passive aggressive letter writing, early morning jet washing and making a house a home. It’s about those people who live, laugh and live metres away from us but who, really, we barely know at all.
We’re trying out pay what you decide tickets – so you choose if you pay £12, £15 or £18. And under 25s are £10. You can book online at https://highlightsnorth.co.uk/.
Friday 6th March – Quiz Night – Brough Memorial Hall
7 pm. Following the success of the first Quiz night it’s back! Do you have what it takes to be the local quiz champion? Then gather your friends, support your community village hall and join us for our second quiz night with Quiz Master Richard Want!
£10 per person includes cheese and nibbles plus free glass of wine, can of beer or soft drink. Raffle/Bar/Cash prizes. Book your team in by WhatsApp 07792 655129 emailing [email protected]
Saturday 7th March – Bingo Night – Winton Village Hall
Eyes down 7.30 pm. Raffle and refreshments available. Round of juniors only bingo during the interval.
Wednesday 11th March – The Arts Society present `Women Artists in Britain 1520 – 1920′ – Appleby Market Hall
11 am. The Arts Society Appleby-in-Westmorland is delighted to welcome Amy Lim an art historian and curator, specialising in British fine and decorative arts from the seventeenth to the twenties centuries. Every work of art as the potential to tell a story: about the people who made, bought and owned it, and the society in which they lived.
For more information: The Arts Society Appleby-in-Westmorland
Thursday 12th March – Messy Play by Churches Together – Kirkby Stephen Methodist Church Room
3.30 pm to 5.30 pm. Lots of crafts, music, games, food and fun. Everyone welcome, no charge. Call 07920186673 to book your place.
Friday 13th March – Kirkby Stephen Hearing Services (by Upper Eden Rotary Club) – Kirkby Stephen Local Links
10 am to 12 noon. Kirkby Stephen Hearing Services run their clinics for anyone needing repairs or servicing to their hearing aids, here at the Local Links on the 2nd Friday of each month. This service is BY APPOINTMENT ONLY – please ring 07724132277.
Hearing aid batteries can be provided here at Local Links, free of charge, if you are registered at a doctors in Eden. Our opening hours are Mondays and Wednesdays, 10am to 12 noon, and 1 pm to 3 pm. Please bring details of the battery size you require.
Saturday 14th March – Soup and Sweet – Brough Memorial Hall
12 to 2 pm. In aid of Brough Agricultural Show. £7 per adult, £4 per child
Wednesday 18th March – Citizens Advice – Kirkby Stephen Local Links
An adviser is visiting Kirkby Stephen Local Links between 10 am to 1 pm. A drop-in session will run between 10 am and 11.30 am, and pre-bookable appointments are available from 12 pm to 1 pm. For more information or to book an appointment, please contact 0330 0563037 or email [email protected]
Thursday 19th March – Upper Eden `Memory Club’ – Methodist Church Hall, Kirkby Stephen
10.30 am to 12 noon. For people with memory problems, are disabled or lonely. Enjoy time with friends. Do yo know anyone who may benefit? Also offering help and support for carers. No need to book, just turn up. Help from Eden Carers, Social Services, Alzheimer’s Society. Further information form Tony Taylor on 017683 42702 or email [email protected]
Thursday 19th March – Charity Evening – Kirkby Stephen Methodist Chapel
7.30 pm. A presentation on Kendal Women’s Refuge by Tori O’Callaghan. All welcome – admission by donation. Raffle and refreshments available. Donations of toiletries, toilet bags, new personal items etc would be appreciated.
Friday 20th March – Kirkby Stephen Community Arts present `Death of Stalin’ (15) – The Club, Kirkby Stephen.
Moscow, 1953. After being in power nearly 30 years, Soviet Dictator, Joseph Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.
7.30 pm,. Doors open 30 minutes earlier. Adults £5, Children U18 £3
Saturday 21st March – Brough Farmers and Makers Market – Brough Memorial Hall
9 am to 12 noon. We’re back – and are re-launching our monthly farmers and makers market for 2026! With extra stallholders and a special stall holder guest appearance every month, we cannot wait to support local people and local businesses. All we need now is you!
Free entry. Tea, coffee and homemade cakes available.
Sunday 22nd March – Brough Film Club present `One Chance’ (12) – Brough Memorial Hall
Doors open 2.30 pm to 3 pm start. The true story of Paul Potts, winner of the first series of `Britain’s Got Talent’, as the outwardly timid shop assistant surpasses everybody’s expectations with his phenomenal voice.
Tickets £10 on the door, includes tea or coffee and cake in the interval and a strip of raffle tickets. Everyone welcome – for more information contact Ailsa on 07392 704988.
Thursday 26th March – An Evening in Nepal – Everest Basecamp – Winton Village Hall
7.30 pm. A presentation by Margaret Harris – a spectacular journey through the mountains of Nepal. All welcome. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Donations welcome – for Pete Brittleton’s Charity for Nepal
Tuesday 31st March – `What’s the story behind the Vikings in Eden and the Kirkby Stephen Bound Devil? – Kirkby Stephen Methodist Hall
7.30 to 8.30 pm. Find out at a talk by Cumbrian archaeologist Steve Dickinson. Admission free – donations to the Cumbria Viking Project