Severe weather
Gritting and salting roads
Gritting and salting of roads and maintaining grit heaps and salt bins is carried out by Cumbria Highways. Highways England grit and salt the M6 and A66.
Rough sleepers emergency accommodation
Emergency accommodation is provided for people sleeping outside to get them off the streets during periods of below zero night-time temperatures.
Emergency telephone numbers list
Telephone numbers for the police, Crimestoppers, Environment Agency, hospitals, gas, water, electricity, local radio, traffic news and local radio.
Met Office weather warnings
Use your postcode to search for Met Office weather warnings for the next 5 days in your area.
Traffic and road information
Find out about traffic issues and road closures across Cumbria on Cumbria Constabulary website.
Cumbria roads Police twitter
Cumbria Police twitter account for up to date information on Cumbria's roads.
National Rail enquires
Find out about train delays and train cancellations due to wintry weather conditions or engineering work disrupting train journeys from National Rail enquiries.
Flood warnings for Cumbria
GOV.UK information on flood warnings and alerts for Cumbria, including option to sign up for flood alerts.
Flood preparation and response advice
Flood preparation and response advice, including information about sandbags.