It is hoped that tourism will increase after the efforts of Sedbergh to find a twin town were featured in a BBC documentary, The Town That Wants A Twin, during January 2005 (the winning town – despite rumours of a rigged election – was Zreče in north eastern Slovenia).
Adam Sedbar or Sedbergh (c1502-1537) was the 23rd and last Abbot of Jervaulx Abbey in Wensleydale, Yorkshire
The title "Briggflatts" comes from the name of a meetinghouse (actually spelled "Brigflatts", with one "g") in a Quaker community near Sedbergh in Cumbria, England.
The coverage area for Indigo FM includes towns and villages in the South Lakes, North Lancashire & North Yorkshire area including: Kirkby Lonsdale, Ingleton, Sedbergh, Casterton, Barbon, Clapham, Bentham and Caton.
1525 is the accepted date at which Roger Lupton began to provide for a Chantry School in Sedbergh (Sedbergh School).
This was the T.21B, which first flew in December 1947 and went into quantity production both for the RAF (named the Sedbergh TX.1 after the public school of that name) and for civilian clubs.
The efforts of Sedbergh to find a twin town were featured in a BBC documentary, The Town That Wants A Twin and Zreče was the winning town.