The Rusland Valley lies in the southern part of the Lake District National Park between the lakes of Coniston Water and Windermere. It is a quiet area of gentle rolling fells, moorland, woodland, fields and wetlands, with farms, hamlets and small villages. Go to the menu options above to find out about local organisations, village halls, places to visit and the latest news.

Last website update 30th September 2025

Oxen Park Reading Room Autumn Celebration Event:

JARFEST ! 
Sunday 19th October
1pm – 4.30pm
Enter your jams, chutneys, photos, and limericks, etc.
plus children’s classes
Click on photo below for the schedule
Class entry numbers to be in by noon on 12th October.

Rusland and Satterthwaite Newsletter – September 2025 

Rusland Horizons
A  Local Support Group of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Rusland Horizons has now become a Local Support Group of Cumbria Wildlife Trust. See https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/rusland . Keep in touch on events and activities by joining our Wild About Rusland Facebook group and also signing up for the CWT newsletter. You can contact the LSG directly on ruslandlsg@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk . 

The original Rusland Horizons website will be maintained as an important archive of the project activities and where you can still listen to the Oral Histories recordings and discover historic fieldnames from the Mapped Histories project.

Tribute to Gordon Wilkinson, 1930 – 2021

Photographs of Rusland (click the first one for slideshow)