Cumbria County Council The County Of Cumbria (B5289 High Hill, Keswick) (40 Mph Speed Limit) And (Branthwaite Road, Lillyhall) (30 Mph Speed Limit) Order 2022

1. Cumbria County Council hereby give notice that on 19 July 2022 it made the above Order under Section 84 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

2. The Order will come into operation on 1 August 2022 and its effect will be to: -

(a) Introduce a 40 mph speed limit along that section of the B5289 High Hill, Keswick, from its junction with the A66, extending in an easterly direction to a point approximately 90m west of its junction with the U2880 Church Lane; and

(b) Reduce the existing 50 mph speed limit to a 30 mph speed limit on C2054 from its junction with the A595 to a point 300m south-east (grid ref: 302612 / 525352).

(Note: - Emergency service vehicles and Special Forces vehicles
will be exempt from the speed limits.)

Please Refer To The Documents On Deposit And On The Web-Site For Full Details.

3. Full details of the Order, together with a plan showing the lengths of road concerned, and a statement of the Council's reasons for making the Order, may be viewed on the Council's website using the following link: -

on deposit at: -

Keswick Library, Heads Lane, Keswick, CA12 5HD; and Workington Library, 8A Oxford St, Workington CA14 2NA, and may otherwise be obtained by emailing

4. If you wish to question the validity of the Order or of any provision contained in it on the grounds

that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or on the grounds that any requirement of that Act or any instrument made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order, you may within six weeks of 19 July 2022 apply to the High Court for this purpose.
Chief Legal Officer, Cumbria County Council, Cumbria House, 117 Botchergate, Carlisle, CA1 1RD
Dated 28 July 2022