from the 2018-19 season onwards there will be a play-off between the runners-up of cumbria 1 and lancs/cheshire 1 for the third and final promotion place to north 1 west. previously lancs/cheshire sides had faced teams from north lancashire/cumbria (see following subsection). as of 2018–19 lancs/cheshire sides have one win to cumbria's zero; and the home side has one win to the away side's zero.