Sports

See separate list of Sports Clubs and Societies.

Entertainment

• Castlegate Singers - is a ladies' three-part choir based in Cockermouth performing a varied and uplifting repertoire at local concerts, charity events and special occasions. The choir meets term time on Wednesdays, at the United Reformed Church, Main Street, Cockermouth from 7.00pm-9.15pm. New members always welcome. Please contact Liz Jackson (mjack2BL@aol.com) 01900 825799 or Anne-Marie Tiffin (tiffina60@gmail.com) for further information. Website: www.castlegatesingers.org

• Cockermouth Amateur Dramatic Society -Cockermouth has a proud tradition of amateur dramatics dating all the way back to the 19th Century, one we are proud to follow in the footsteps of. Set up in 1984, The Cockermouth Amateur Dramatics Society (CADS) is a community-based organisation, made up of local volunteers dedicated to putting on a show! We put on a variety of productions, from dramas and comedies, to pantos and play readings, working with and entertaining the whole community. Contact us if you are interested - enquiries@cadstheatre.co.uk

• Cockermouth Scottish Country Dance Club: 'for Fun, Friendship and Fitness!' Cockermouth Scottish Country Dance Club is a friendly, all-ability club which welcomes new members from beginners to experienced dancers alike. The Club meets on Thursday evenings from September to May.  We also offer classes for New Dancers and for Young Dancers and have an affiliated Club in Bassenthwaite on Monday evenings. For more information, visit our website www.derwentscdc.com or email the Club Secretary on cscdcsecretary@gmail.com.
  
  
• Club Latino:.Salsa Dancing Lessons; Learn the Mambo, Merengue & Cuban Salsa Dancing ! Every Monday Night @The Saints Rooms, Kirkgate Beginners: 7:00 PM; Contacts: Manuel and Julie Telephone: 01900 826564

• Cockermouth Music Society - provides an outstanding concert programme for the people of and visitors to the northern Lake District.

• Cockermouth Harmonic Society - a music society dedicated to the furtherance of the choral music tradition within West Cumbria.
• Belfagan Womens Morris Dancers - Photos, music to download, poetry, diary and reports of the Society, which is based in Cockermouth.

• Cockermouth Mechanics' Band Meets every Monday and Thursday at 7.30pm in Lorton Street Methodist Church. With the Apprentice Band (for all ages) on Mondays 6.30-7.15pm (term-time). at Methodist Rooms. Contact via Sarah Cannon (sar32ahcann@outlook.com)

• Wordsworth Singers
• Folk Singing events in West Cumbria
  
• Osprey Cheerleading - Cockermouth: Contact: osprey.cheerleading@gmail.com Alex Leonard - Programme Director: 07531964236

Details of classical concerts to be held in West Cumbria between January and April are given in the newly-published Newsletter prepared by “ConGo” (West Cumbria Concert Goers). The Newsletter is available FREE OF CHARGE on request to killick.wasdale@btinternet.com (or phone 019467-26258).

Others

• The Cockermouth Town Council office is located at the Town Hall, Market Street in Cockermouth, Telephone: 01900 821869.
• AgeUK many groups now using T'Gether at library Tuesdays 10am. And new AgeUK shop on Main Street.(For details: 07858823443)
• The Vicky, Business Centre
  High Sands Lane
  Cockermouth www.thevicky.co.uk
  Tel: 07786168781
• Cockermouth Cottage Hospital League of Friends
• Cockermouth Flood Action Group (Voluntary independent group)
  
• Cockermouth First Responders
• Cockermouth Museum Group - Dedicated to research, record and preserve the history of Cockermouth and surrounding area. We stage exhibitions twice a year and pursue areas of research throughout the year. New members are always welcome.

  
  

• Cockermouth Golf Club Contact:Tel. 017687 76223 secretary@cockermouthgolf.co.uk
  Website: www.cockermouthgolf.co.uk Fees: Annual: Fees for 2019 will be Full £475,
  New in 2019 :Academy membership; £250 first year,£350 second and £450 for third year.
  Trial Membership April1 -June 30 2019 £80.
  Young Adults Membership: 18-21 years £100 pa, 22-25 years £200 pa, 16-30 £300 pa.
  Contact Steve Tel. 01900823896/07592314228.
• Cockermouth Cafe Scientifique Explore the latest ideas in science and technology presented without slides and in a relaxed and easy-to-understand way by the practitioners! Meetings at Hundith Hill Hotel, Lorton Vale, Cockermouth, usually on the third Tuesday of the month. For details contact Paul Tharagonnet

• Cockermouth Rotary Club Meets at Hundith Hill Hotel. Contact can be made through Wendy Sanders, the Secretary. (secretary@cockermouth.rotary1190.org)
  
  
• Cockermouth WI meets on the first Monday of every month at the Methodist Church Rooms in Lorton Street from 7pm onwards. All welcome as visitors with the option to join later.
  
• The Arts Society Cumbria holds monthly illustrated lectures at Hundith Hill Hotel, Cockermouth CA13 9TH. It also organises trips and study days. The programme can be found at www.artssocietycumbria.org.uk. The Society welcomes new members, for more information contact: info@theartssocietycumbria.org.uk
  
• West Cumbria Carers Caring for a family member, friend, or neighbour who could not manage without your help? Charity providing advice on coping with being a carer for adult relative.
  
  
• Cockermouth University of the Third Age
  website: www.cockermouthu3a.org.uk Or email: contact@cockermouthu3a.org.uk
  
• Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency: Helps Rural businesses.
  
• Bridekirk Parish Council website www.bridekirkparish.org.uk
  
• Croft Bowling Club www.croftbowlingclub.co.uk

• Soroptimist Internation Cockermouth and District....www.cockermouthsoroptimists.co.uk
  
  
• Cockermouth Stamp Club: For information, please contact Mike Roberts (mike@mikerobe.co.uk) or phone 07885839622.
  
  

• Cockermouth Astronomical Society - A very informal group of amateur astronomers, sky-watchers and armchair enthusiasts, all of whom share an interest in, and love of the night sky.

• The Cockermouth and District Civic Society was formed in 1967 to focus the concern of many local people for the preservation of the character of the town.

• The Chamber of Trade..chairman Steve Marshall, Strolling for Shoes.
  
• Cumbria CVS: 6 Hobson Court, Gillan Way, Penrith,Cumbria CA11 9GQ. Tel: 01768 800350. Email: judithh@cumbriacvs.org.uk
• Lorton and Derwent Fells Local History Society
• Uma Kadampa Buddhist Centre Meditation classes. Thursdays 7.30 - 9.00pm, Drop in Meditation Class, Cockermouth, North Lakes Clinic. www.MeditateinNorthCumbria.org.uk
  

• Mountain View Childcare; based at St Josephs Catholic Primary School.

• The Derwent Railway Society - is dedicated to the preservation of local railway artefacts and railway heritage in Cumbria.

• The Vegetarian Society

• Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team - The official mountain rescue team covering the Buttermere, Ennerdale, Lorton and Loweswater valley areas of the Lake District.

• West Cumbria Dyslexia Association...Help and advice provided.

• Cockermouth Beekeepers Association - Details of membership and activities.

• West Cumbria Friends of the Earth - tel 01900 814391 for more details. We meet on the first Tuesday of the month in the Friends Meeting House Kirkgate at 7.45pm

• Cumbria Wine Society - tel 016973 23997. The society, (formerly the Higham Wine Club), meets at Hundith Hill Hotel, near Cockermouth for tastings and other events about 10 times a year. New members are always very welcome.
• CAMRA (Real Ale) West Cubria website. http://camrawestcumbriaguides.org.uk/index.html
• Cockermouth Ski Club.
  Contact: Joe Broomfield, joe@cockermouthskiclub.co.uk Website : www.cockermouthskiclub.co.uk Meets: Various times and locations in Cockermouth - see the club website for further details Ages: 18+ Fees: Annual: £10. Arranges annual ski trips.
• West Cumbria Skeptics. http://westcumbriasitp.org/

The list above is those societies with websites. If we have missed yours out just let us know.