Westlakes
I assume you're on the Cumbrian west coast, in which case you may get lucky - e.g. this announcement from last week
North West Evening Mail | Barrow among 10 communities to get broadband upgrade
Of course if you are really rural then you may still be out of luck
Ever thought of setting up your own broadband company? Take a look at
B4RN.Org.uk - FTTH Broadband for the Rural North : Sponsored By Carrera IT Ltd
They're putting together a gigabit cable network in the Lune Valley / Bowland at the moment
Its grown out of a project at Lancaster University
The chap behind it is Barry Forde, who seems to have done a lot of work in trying to push for rural broadband in Cumbria
Barry Forde - United Kingdom | LinkedIn
If you fancied it I'm sure they'd be able to give a lot of advice
Or if that looks too heavy to take on, how about a rural mesh network such as these guys put in at Wray
RuralConnect Living Labs
Wray Community Communications, wifi scarecrow village broadband hotspot
Relatively locally there are similar systems in place at Wennington, Backbarrow, Ingleton/Chapel-le-Dale/Dent