ONE of the Lake District's busiest mountain rescue teams has moved into a new base.
Wasdale Mountain Rescue team, which has more than 40 volunteers and operates mainly in the Wasdale and Eskdale valleys, has moved into a £650,000 prpose-built building.
Since the late 1960s the team has been based in Gosforth, near Sellafield.
The team regularly responds to more than 100 emergency calls every year and volunteers have been called out 83 times so far this year.
The new facility includes a training tower, a retractable 60ft radio mast and a control room.
It has been built on land just off the A595 which is owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, but leased for nominal rent.
Team chairman John Bamforth said: "We are very proud of what we do and the ability, now, to invest in the provision of our service for years to come."
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