Lake District & Cumbria Dining Articles
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Queens Head Hotel
The drive over Kirkstone Pass is one of the highest and most stunning road journeys the Lake District has to offer. Whether you come from Windermere over to Ullswater or take the reverse route, either way you’ll pass the Queens Head in Troutbeck. This delightful Elizabethan...Read This Article
The Pubs Of Cumbria
Country pubs are an integral part of the Lakeland experience and there's a vast range of options awaiting the hungry traveller. Long before this part of the world became a tourist mecca, these pubs and inns were a focal point of the local community, and many still have an interes...Read This Article
Storrs Hall
Estate agents can be prone to exaggerate but when Storrs Hall was described as -one of the most desirable small properties in the kingdom’, it wasn’t too far off the mark. That was back in 1804, seven years after Storrs Hall was built, and since then this delightful l...Read This Article
The Other Lake District
For some people, the Lake District starts at Bowness Pier and ends in Ambleside. The slightly more adventurous might make it to Hawkshead or Coniston and old hands range as far north as Keswick or down to Newby Bridge at the southern tip of Windermere. But the fact is that beyond...Read This Article
Dining Out In Grasmere
The poet William Wordsworth will be forever linked with the tiny Lakeland village of Grasmere. He lived here in Dove Cottage and in the immediate vicinity for most of his life and it inspired some of his most remarkable Romantic poetry."The loveliest spot that man hath ever found...Read This Article
The Wheatsheaf At Brigsteer
As you’re booting down the A591 past Kendal towards Windermere and the South Lakes, it’s easy to miss the turn-off for Brigsteer. It’s the kind of single track road-to-nowhere that you wouldn’t venture down without a pretty good reason. Well now there is o...Read This Article
Lakeside Hotel
Steamers have been plying back and forth on Lake Windermere between Newby Bridge, Bowness and Ambleside since 1845, when against the fierce opposition of one William Wordsworth, the first 'Lady Of The Lake' steamer was launched in a ceremony at Newby Bridge. Today, despite numero...Read This Article
Where To Eat Around Keswick
Any visitor to the northern Lakes sooner or later ends up in Keswick. Sandwiched between Skiddaw and beautiful Derwentwater, this vibrant market town offers something for everyone - shopping, entertainment and plenty of places to eat. But while Keswick itself is not short on rest...Read This Article
The Pheasant
Bassenthwaite is one of the largest, shallowest and most northerly of the Lakes, and with no major settlements along its shoreline, it's also one of the more remote. Even in the height of summer it's a tranquil location, with daytrippers and tourists waylaid by the more obvious d...Read This Article
The Four Stars Of Lakeland
Michelin's inspectors are a notoriously parsimonious bunch when it comes to handing out awards, setting stringent standards for the bestowal of a coveted star. So the Lake District can be justifiably proud to boast four starred restaurants in the 2006 edition of the Michelin Guid...Read This Article
