Liz's Guidebook from The Blencathra Box
Eating Out
Very popular & award winning country pub - early booking essential
The Dog and Gun Inn
The Globe Inn
Crown Inn
Broadfield CommonPlough Inn Wreay
Fantails
The GreenPenny Blue Restaurant & Bar
20-34 Warwick RdPrint Yard
5-6 Old Post Office CourtCafe
The Pot Place
Cafe, shops & garden centre
Upfront Gallery & Coffee Shop
Lovely cafe shop & gallery
Lovely outside space overlooking the river in popular Lake District village
11 locals recommend
Granny Dowbekins Tearooms
Lovely outside space overlooking the river in popular Lake District village
The Posting Pot
Great little cafe with a lovely menu.
The Secret Garden - Pooley Bridge
Sightseeing
Stop off on your way to or from The Lakes. Traditional Cumbrian small town with castle, train station, shops, cinema & leisure centre
76 locals recommend
Penrith
Stop off on your way to or from The Lakes. Traditional Cumbrian small town with castle, train station, shops, cinema & leisure centre
Small pretty Cumbrian village in the Cumbrian Fells on edge of Lake District. Lovely walks in this area too
13 locals recommend
Caldbeck
Small pretty Cumbrian village in the Cumbrian Fells on edge of Lake District. Lovely walks in this area too
If you want to visit Hadrians Wall head here to walk a section of the Wall & visitors centre.
29 locals recommend
Birdoswald Roman Fort - Hadrian's Wall
If you want to visit Hadrians Wall head here to walk a section of the Wall & visitors centre.
Gretna Gateway Outlet Village
Glasgow RoadHead to the west coast seaside towns of Silloth & Allonby - great walks & cycling routes
15 locals recommend
Silloth
Head to the west coast seaside towns of Silloth & Allonby - great walks & cycling routes
Very popular to visit with great walks, shops, theatre & Derwentwater Lake
205 locals recommend
Keswick
Very popular to visit with great walks, shops, theatre & Derwentwater Lake
Lowther Castle & Gardens
A lovely village with a wide choice of walks or take the steamer to discover the other side of Ullswater Lake
54 locals recommend
Pooley Bridge
A lovely village with a wide choice of walks or take the steamer to discover the other side of Ullswater Lake
Long Meg and her Daughters
Arragons Cycle Hire
A lovely walk to see the waterfall with options to extend your walk around “Barrow” fell
68 locals recommend
Aira Force Waterfall
A lovely walk to see the waterfall with options to extend your walk around “Barrow” fell