Essential information about Girlguiding Cumbria South!
About us
From lakes and mountains to the sea, the guiding county of Cumbria South is a
county of contrasts and a great place to live! Here is just a flavour of our
county:
Lakes and the seaside
Water is a major feature of the
county -covering the southern part of the beautiful Lake District, extending up
to Ambleside in the north, and includes the Furness peninsula - overlooking
Morecambe Bay and the Irish Sea. Being so intrinsically linked to water gives
our members lots of opportunities to take to the water!
Mountains and valleys
From the majestic Lakeland fells to the lowlands of the Kent
valley and Lune valley, our county is well placed for all sorts of adventurous
activities amongst some of the most stunning scenery in the UK (in our humble
opinion)
Urban and rural
Cumbria South includes the major
Cumbrian industrial centre - Barrow in Furness, the Westmorland town of Kendal
as well as the tourist hotspots of Ulverston, Ambleside, Bowness on Windermere
and Kirkby Lonsdale. We are also a rural county, with guiding taking place in
many rural villages.
Divisions in Girlguiding Cumbria South.
Guiding is split up into areas called divisions.
In Cumbria South these are:Barrow,North Lonsdale, (Grange over Sands,
Duddon)
Lakes,(Windermere, Ambleside)Kendal,Kent Lune (area includes
Kirkby Lonsdale, Sedburgh, Holme, Crosscrake)
County Standard
The Standard now used by Cumbria South was made for Westmorland County and
dedicated at Kendal Parish Church on 7 June 1953.
It was designed by Mrs
Williamson of the Royal College of Art and made by Nuns of St Peter's Convent,
Wakefield, Yorkshire, all of whom had been Guides. The Standard cost £98.
In
1974 the new county of Cumbria South decided to use the Westmorland County
standard and the county badge of Westmorland, the Curlew.The emblems
represent:
ORB: the standard was made in Queen Elizabeth II Coronation
year
CURLEW: County badge
APPLE TREE: Appleby and Eden Valley
CROSS: Shap Abbey Cross
HERDWICK RAM: AmblesideSHIP: Milnthorpe
SALMON: Leaping up the Lune Valley
TENTER HOOKS: Wool trade in Kendal
WILD BOAR: Windermere and Lyth Valley
RED BAND: from the arms of the ancient Barony of Kendal
GREEN FRINGED EDGE: Kendal green coloured wool.
