Sedbergh sealed the SOCS Daily Mail Schools Trophy by staging a title-winning all-round performance which gained praise from the opposition. The Cumbrians raced to a 53-12 win at Millfield leaving ...

Sedbergh recently became the first town in England to be conferred with official book town status, and its startling success in regenerating the area means it might not be the last. Transforming ...

A small sign in the window of Westwood Books in the historic Cumbrian market town of Sedbergh declares that ‘any book you haven’t read before is a new book’. This seems particularly poignant given ...

It is fair to suppose that most of those in the crowd at Headingley on Saturday night were not greatly bothered where Harry Brook was educated. Their knowledge probably extended little further than ...

The Times food critic Marina O'Loughlin has been left charmed by the Dales market town of Sedbergh after eschewing trendy urban dining for gastropub The Black Bull. Did you know with a Digital ...

A convivial and unpretentious ‘book town’, though it may be too lonely for some What’s going for it? Being an introvert, it’s the lonely spots that attract me most. Sedbergh is only 15 twisty-turny ...

Two boarding schools in Cumbria are to merge. Casterton School, with a co-educational junior school and a girls-only senior school, has seen pupil numbers fall while those at fully co-educational ...

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The Sedbergh School 1st XV have finished a fine season, arguably among the best in the country, unbeaten in 13 of 13 fixtures against a list of the strongest rugby-playing schools in the country, ...

Michael Thornely was an inspirational schoolmaster, serving Sedbergh School for 35 years, 21 of them as one of its most distinguished headmasters. On the national stage he was a most perceptive ...