Parts of the riverbank here are surrounded by ancient woodlands, including Wetheral Woods, owned by the National Trust.

The place-name 'Wetheral' is first attested in the Register of Wetheral Priory circa 1100 AD, where it appears as Wetherhala.

The name means 'the haugh (area of flat land by a river) where wethers (castrated male sheep) were kept'.

All that is left now is the gatehouse, which is in the care of English Heritage, and some low ruined walls behind the farm buildings that now occupy the site.

The cost of the sculpture was £1,500 in the late eighteenth century, which is estimated to be equivalent to nearly £2 million today.

This is undertaken by most pupils despite having to pay a fee for the service rather than using the free bus to the catchment school.

She trained in Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, and went on to develop the nursing process based on Activities of Daily Living (Roper -Logan - Tierney method) used across the UK and beyond.