Cumbria Police deploy speed cameras across county roads

Summarised from 5 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 07:28 · Archive

Cumbria Police have revealed speed camera van locations for Wednesday, 21 October, across the M6, A595 and multiple towns.

Cumbria Police have revealed the locations of mobile speed camera vans for 21 October. The vans will operate on the M6 between junctions 42 and 45, the A595 between Workington and Holmrook, and in towns across the county including Egremont, St Bees, Whitehaven, Barrow, Ulverston and Carlisle, as well as the Coast Road between Ulverston and Rampside and locations in Durdar and Cumwhinton.

The force regularly publishes van locations to promote road safety and encourage compliance with speed limits. Police place the vans in known speeding hotspots across the county. Residents and motorists can follow Cumbria Police's social media channels for the latest enforcement updates and road safety information.

A freedom of information request by the News and Star revealed the highest speeds recorded by speed cameras in Cumbria during 2025. A motorist was detected travelling at 129mph on the M6, making it the fastest speed recorded in the county during the year. Another driver was caught doing 121mph in a 40mph zone, which took place in a roadworks section of the M6.

A third driver was recorded at 79mph in a 30mph area elsewhere in the county. These extreme cases were accompanied by other speeding offences across Cumbria's towns. In Carlisle, the top speed recorded was 68mph, while in Workington a driver was clocked at 45mph. In Whitehaven, the highest speed detected was 80mph.

How it is being reported

• Cumbria speed camera van locations revealedCumbria Police have revealed the locations of their speed camera vans for Wednesday, October 21.NW Evening Mail · 21 Oct, 07:17
• Cumbria speed camera van locations revealedCumbria Police have revealed the locations of their speed camera vans for Wednesday, October 21.Whitehaven News · 21 Oct, 07:17
• Cumbria speed camera van locations revealedCumbria Police have revealed the locations of their speed camera vans for Wednesday, October 21.News & Star · 21 Oct, 07:17
• Cumbria speed camera van locations revealedCumbria Police have revealed the locations of their speed camera vans for Wednesday, October 21.Westmorland Gazette · 21 Oct, 07:17
• Drivers warned as mobile speed camera vans deploy across CumbriaCumbria Police mobile speed camera vans will patrol Barrow, Carlisle, Penrith, the A590 and M6 junctions 40-43. Drivers should check speed limits and updates.Cumberland News · 20 Oct, 07:51

In this story: Cumbria Police · M6 · A595 · Barrow · Carlisle · Whitehaven · Workington · News and Star

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