The River Ehen burst its banks at Cleator, near to the Kangol factory, flooding fields and a number of residential properties.

On 8 September 2013 the club achieved fame by winning the National Village Cup at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.

They defeated the Gloucestershire team of Rockhampton by 1 wicket with 8 balls to spare in a tense and closely fought final.

[1] Though they had in common a history in mining, Cleator village has no connection with the township of the same name, now reportedly little more than a ghost town, formerly called Turkey Creek, at the base of the Bradshaw Mountains in central Arizona, in the Southwestern United States.

The sizeable Catholic St Mary's Church (officially titled Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) was designed by the architect E. W. Pugin (the son of the better-known A.W.N.

Here, too, there is a churchyard and the grounds include a grotto, constructed to give work to the unemployed men of the parish during the depression of 1926.

Following the development of iron ore mining in nearby areas, Cleator was the site of associated works (hence the street name "Kiln Brow" and the location "The Forge").

In 1939 they started to subside and flood the area, creating Longlands Lake, which was acquired by Cumbria County Council in 1980.

This was the beginning of an expansion which continued for the greater part of the rest of the century, with the arrival of immigrants from Ireland, and, thanks to mining prospects, even from Cornwall.