Ireby

Ireby (and High Ireby) sits to the east of Cockermouth at the confluence of four minor roads under the distant gaze of the peaks of Knott and Great Calva. To the west of the River Ellen this village offers the visitor to the Lake District one of the most picturesque settings for a holiday.

Once a market town, Ireby's geographical setting made it an ideal meeting place historically for local horse and sheep farmers and breeders to congregate.