The small farming village of Blencogo sits on the Solway plain with its sweeping views and dramatic skies. Turning left off the B3502 Wigton to Silloth road, climbing a short hill through tattie fields, winter barley or grazing cows, on a clear day Skiddaw and the Northern Fells appear over the brow, and nestled on the sharp right hand bend sits an elegant sandstone building, the old school. Opposite, hawthorn, silver birch, elder, horse chestnut and willow are the backdrop in the community park.

The old school is now Blencogo and District Village Hall and apart from St Mungo’s Church in the neighbouring village, it is the only public building in the rural parish of Bromfield. .....more