Contact Us

For general enquiries, please email info@cbdc.org.uk. For specific enquiries, you are welcome to contact a member of the team directly by phone or email using our details on the Meet the Team page but suggest contacting Rebecca in the first instance.

Postal Address:

CBDC,
Tullie,
Castle Street,
Carlisle, CA3 8TP.

Office Address:

CBDC,
Herbert Atkinson House,
13 Abbey Street,
Carlisle, CA3 8TX.

Visit Us

We welcome visitors by appointment, whether it is to have a chat about a recording project, make use of our recorder support facilities or just because you'd like to learn more about what we do.

The CBDC offices are situated adjacent to the Tullie museum building on Abbey Street, in Herbert Atkinson House. Please ring the doorbell (it's a red door with Herbert Atkinson House written above) and ask for a member of CBDC staff.

Herbert Atkinson House, Abbey Street (sat nav: CA3 8TX, NY39735601)

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      Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre

      The Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre at Tullie House Museum, Carlisle keeps wildlife information for the county of Cumbria. Tullie House Museum, in its role as a local natural history museum, has collected and disseminated records of wildlife in Cumbria since its inception in 1893. From the early 1990s the Museum has developed a computerised database of species and habitat records in Cumbria and has taken the central role in providing a local biodiversity data service for the county. This role was restyled as Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre (CBDC) in 2010, a not-for-profit organisation hosted by Tullie House Museum and advised by local stakeholders.
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreThursday, March 12th, 2026 at 2:50am
      There are two Cumbria Ecoskills courses next week focusing on understanding habitats and habitat surveying:
      - Habitat Surveying (using UKHab) on 19 March at Loweswater
      - Priority Habitats on 20 March at Threlkeld

      Still places available if you would like to expand your habitat knowledge!

      https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cumbria-ecoskills
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreFriday, March 6th, 2026 at 7:40am
      At last weekend's Cumbria Recorders' Conference, we were privileged to premiere a short film by University of Cumbria Wildlife Media students Victoria, Ryan, Jack and co to celebrate the role of volunteer wildlife recorders in Cumbria and our 15th anniversary. We hope you enjoy it!

      https://vimeo.com/1171115443?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, February 25th, 2026 at 7:28am
      There is still time to register for tomorrow evening's webinar on #GIS #mapping using #QGIS!

      https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cumbria-ecoskills/introduction-to-mapping-using-qgis/e-rbxqoo
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreMonday, February 23rd, 2026 at 9:08am
      There are still a couple of days to register for the Cumbria Recorders' Conference which takes place this Saturday!

      https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/recorders-conference/
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, February 18th, 2026 at 10:27pm
      Rebecca Slack from CBDC will be speaking at the first Friends of the Ullswater Way evening talk for 2026 tonight from 7:30pm. More information here: https://www.ullswaterheritage.org/home
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
      Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreMonday, February 16th, 2026 at 11:38pm
      Still a couple of hours left to register for tomorrow afternoon's 'Recording Wildlife for Farmers and Landowners' session at Penruddock Village Hall. If you manage or farm land and have interests in recording species and habitats, do come along!

      https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cumbria-ecoskills/t-ejknmvo