Did you know that Cumbria is the birthplace of pole vaulting as we know it today? (ie. where height, rather than length, is measured). It was pioneered in the town of Ulverston, the same town where Stan Laurel hails from, and members of the Ulverston Football and Cricket Club staged a pole valuting competition back in 1843.
Ulverston is beautiful market town on the fringes of the Lake District that is often wrongly overlooked by visitors.
Click here to compare prices on hotels in Ulverston and read about the many Ulverston attractions, from Colony Candles in nearby Lindal-in-Furness to the Hoad monument (pictured).
