Castletown BUZZ

20/08/2025

No weigh ! Westmorland and Furness Council

20/08/2025

📢ARE YOU READY?!?📢

Keep a close eye 👀 on our socials.

We're going to be revealing this year's prizes and we've got some BIG ones this year!! 🥳

We'll have our usual raffle (loads more details to follow) but we also have something different this year...
As always we're raising money for the fantastic Fire Fighters Charity

On the day we'll have our usual fun packed activities and refreshments. We can't wait to see you!!

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Lazonby Fire Station
Shap Fire Station
Appleby fire station
Alston Fire And Rescue Service
Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service

David Allen - Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

20/08/2025

Not me guv !

CRUMBRIA: 20/08/2025 By Phil Jobs SECRETIVE PR spinners at Wokemoreland & Farcical Council have been rushing to defend its stupid decision to splurge £165k on a computerised room-booking system…

20/08/2025

Becoming repetitive, but....police stopped a Westmorland and Furness Council refuse wagon (12tons?) for breaching 7.5ton access only vehicle weight restriction on Monday. Already, this morning at least another three council wagons have done the same thing ! Contacted W&FC, and after good 15 minutes, actually able to speak to a 'real' person in council contracts. Asked why council still refuse to adhere to road weight restriction, and was told by contracts manager 'I need to speak to highways!'. All can say is 'good luck' with that !
He did confirm his office had received report of incident on Monday when police STOPPED a council waste wagon, from David Allen - Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

19/08/2025

A day later.....this vehicle driving through 'access only' 7.5ton weight restricted Norfolk Road/Newton Road today. Presumably on its way to Gilwilly ! Hopefully, after yesterday's police presence with more to come, businesses on Gilwilly will learn to tell drivers, the B5288 through residential Castletown is not an 'access' road for vehicles over 7.5 ton in weight. Their 'access' road is Haweswater Road !

19/08/2025

Operation Colossus operating in Castletown !
Below from Cumbria Police referring to work in Carlisle.
BUT, this initiative, thanks to support and input of David Allen - Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, will run in Castletown.
It started yesterday morning with a number of 'overweight' vehicles stopped on Norfolk Road and Newton Road !

'The operation was launched after concerns were raised by communities of anti-social driving across Cumbria, the operation running over 15-weeks works alongside Operation Enhance – the Constabulary’s long-standing crackdown on anti-social behaviour in hotspot areas (Op Enhance | Cumbria Police) – whilst enhancing road safety around the county to address your concerns.
'Op Colossus
Officers stopped a total of 20 vehicles following checks carried out in the Orton Road area of Carlisle.
'As well as officers pulling over vehicles, officers from Operational Support were patrolling the area to identify those committing criminal offences.
'Officers also issued ten traffic reports for various offences and uplifted three vehicles.
'An off-road bike was sighted by officers driving dangerously on Orton Road, officers identified the suspect and carried out arrest enquiries. The suspect wasn’t home, but officers seized another motorbike from the address.'

19/08/2025

Westmorland and Furness Council been asked again to review, improve, make visible, weight restriction signage.
Westmorland and Furness Council

19/08/2025

Over 50 reactions to posts last week! Thanks for support and input ! 🎉

19/08/2025

Westmorland and Furness Council been asked again to review and improve weight restriction signage ! And yet again, no council response !

18/08/2025

Delighted to report high visibility police presence on Norfolk Road and Newton Road. Hopefully, this will have impact and bring reduction in overweight vehicle breaches. Important to say David Allen - Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner has played a crucial role on behalf of Castletown residents. Eden Police Westmorland and Furness Council

18/08/2025

Did you know ?
A typical UK council bin wagon, also known as a refuse collection vehicle (RCV), can weigh between 18 and 26 tonnes when fully loaded, according to trest.uk. The 26-tonne vehicle is a common size for municipal operations, according to Truck Pages. When empty, the vehicle's weight is around 14 tonnes, leaving approximately 12 tonnes for waste capacity, according to trest.uk.