On this Airbnb Animal Experience, guests join two naughty sheep for the most exciting afternoon tea in Scotland. On this Airbnb Animal Experience, ...

At one point she'd even built up her flock to include more than 1,000 sheep and was awarded prizes for her Herdwick ewes across Cumbria. Herdwicks are well-loved for a reason.

The Herdwick, whose name derives from "herdvyck" the old Norse word for sheep pasture, has helped shape the Lake District, Jo adds. "When people first settled in this area thousands of years ago ...

Here is the deal: Hamish, Dougal, Benny and Lochie are four Herdwick sheep ... and, according to their owner Beccy, they are "mischievous—" in a cute way, of course.

Herdwick sheep’s Lake District habitat under threat from utility company. United Utilities wants to build a six-mile fence enclosing 866 hectares of land to prevent peat contamination of the ...

Herdwick sheep are thought to have been brought to the Lake District by Viking settlers in the 11th century, although local legend suggests they may also have come from a wrecked Spanish galleon. ...

A flock of more than 100 decorated plastic sheep has been sold for £250,000 at auction. The 108 life-sized models of Herdwick sheep had formed part of a Lake District trail and were decorated by ...

Lakeland: Herdwick sheep, which feature in Ian Lawson's new book, 'Herdwick: A Portrait of Lakeland' Credit: Photo: Ian Lawson During the summer of 1999 I visited the famous Rydal Show – held on ...

The Herdwick Sheep Breeders' Association,The Herdy Company and Newton Rigg College have joined forces with a mission to complete the breed's gene bank which was started during the 2001 Foot and ...

August is here which means it’s festival time. Cumbria has more than its fair share of festivals and they are of a type everyone can enjoy. I say that from my extensive knowledge of only ever ...

For the last six hundred years, and maybe even longer than that, James Rebanks’s family has been farming Herdwick sheep in the Lake District of England. But unlike his grandparents and ancestors ...