The barn at Heron Corn Mill is being re-developed into an arts, education and community facility, offering an ongoing programme of workshops, activities and events organised by Heron Corn Mill staff. The space will also be available for community led activities and events and can be hired as a facility for all kinds of uses such as talks, meetings, parties or rehearsal space with a range of relevant equipment.

Architectural design for the barn has been completed by Simpson & Brown Architects with building work being undertaken by Duckett Building Services and CDM by Communication Point Ltd. Re-development of the barn development starts in early Spring with completion in August and has been funded by The Northern Rock Foundation and the Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency. You can follow progress of the barn work in the site development blog.

Companies kindly sponsoring the new barn include Barmans Ltd, Ripple Cups, Beyond The Bean and Best Coffee Beans.

An exciting new programme of diverse activities and events in the barn will be available from September 2008. Please contact us in the Spring to receive details of this new programme.

The official opening of the barn will take place on Sunday 28th September, followed by a week long series of events for the local community. Please check the events page for more details.


The Barn - January 2008, pre-refurbishment