Welcome to the A-Z of roads, highways and pavements. Simply follow the links below to find the pages you are interested in. If you can't find what you are looking for, please call the Highways Hotline on 0845 609 6609.

A

• Abandoned vehicles 
• Abnormal loads   
• Accessibility Planning Strategy 
• Access requests 
• Access on MOD Warcop training area  
• Alley gating                                    

B

• Better ways to school (external link)
• Blue badge scheme
• Bridges - general and strengthening
• Bus Services in Cumbria  
• Bus Timetables 
• Bus Service changes                                                                           

C

• Car Parking
• Clearing pavements
• Clearing footways 
• Closures and diversions (incl. demonstrations and parades)
• Carlisle Northern Development Route
• Community Minibuses
• Community Transport
• Controlled parking zones
• Countryside Access
• Countryside Access team
• Countryside Rangers
• Countryside Volunteers 
• Cumbria and Lakes Rider Magazine
• Cumbria Highways
• Cumbria Highways - Rough Guide 
• Cumbria Local Access Forum 
• Cycling in Cumbria
• Cycle routes and lanes
• Cycling & Walking
• Cycling and walking to school                                                                             

D

• Dangerous road junctions
• Definitive Map and interactive map 
• Definitive Map FAQ's
• Disabled parking bays
• District councils' responsibilities (highways related)
• Dropped kerbs / crossovers                                                                              

E                              

F

• Farming and the public highway
• Farm Walks
• Ferry Services
• Forecasting the weather 
• Flooding - clearing drains and gullies                                                                           

G

• Grass cutting and roadside verges
• Grit heaps and salt bins                                                                            

H

• Hierarchy of Trails Routes
• Highway Development Control
• How we maintain your roads

I 

• Inspections 
• Interactive map
  
  
  
  

J

• Journey Planner

K

L

• Local road travel (BBC)  
• Local Transport Plan                                                                            

M

• Miles without Stiles
• Maintenance programme structural surveys
• Mailing list for Public Transport
• Major projects                                                                              

N  

• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act   

O

• Obstructed pavements
• Obstructions 
• On-street parking enforcement - wheel clamps - car removal
• On-street parking enforcement - parking fines 
• Open Access in Cumbria
• Open Access Frequently Asked Questions 
• Outdoors for All                                                                         

P

• Parish Paths Initiative
• Parking 
• Parking bays at home for disabled people
• Parking fines
• Parking permits - on-street parking
• Parking permits - blue badge
• Parking zones
• Path Report
• Pavement parking safety
• Pavements 
• Pavements and dangerous pavement reporting
• Pedestrian crossings
• Permits and licences 
• Potholes 
• Priority routes 
• Private streets and road adoption
• Public Transport Complaints & Suggestions                                                                             

R

• Rail Services 
• Recreational and Promoted Routes 
• Reporting a problem on a street, road or highway 
• Report a fault online 
• Rights of Way 
• Rights of Way Improvement Plan 
• Rights of Way management  
• Road adoption 
• Road markings and signage 
• Road safety 
• Road signs, road markings and studs 
• Road Travel Problems (BBC link)   
• Road works 
• Roads and Highways  
• Roads and pathway maintenance  
• Roads, Highways and pavement maintenance 
• Routes to a prosperous Cumbria 
• Rural Wheels

S

• Safe driver scheme
• Safer roads for Cumbria (Link) 
• Salting 
• School crossing patrols
• Section 31(6) of the Highways Act
• Section 58 restrictions
• Service standards
• Skip operator
• Skip permits
• Snow ploughing and clearance
• Speed checks
• Speed humps
• Speed limits
• Spillages 
• Stagecoach Bus Timetables and Saver Tickets
• Street lights
• Street furniture 
• Street name plates 
• Surface dressing programme
• Sustainable School Transport Strategy             

T

• Taxi ranks   
• Tenders - Passenger Transport Contracts 
• Theft of paving stones   
• Traffic calming   
• Traffic Data / Road traffic flows 
• Traffic lights   
• Transport Direct 
• Transport operations  
• Traveline 
• Travelling in winter 
• Travel Plans                                                               

U

• Utilities Works                                                       

 V                      

• Voluntary Car Scheme

W

• Walls
• Walking in Cumbria 
• Weight limits 
• Weather forecasting
• Who is responsible for roads and highways in Cumbria? 
• Windermere Ferry 
• Winter Driving Advice
• Winter Driving Guide PDF 
• Works                                                                               

X

Y

• Yellow lines 
• Your roads in winter                                                                              

Z